text Insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens
- Summary
- Beginning in the 1960s in the United States, scores of patients with severe psychiatric disorders were discharged from public mental hospitals. At the same time, activists forced changes in commitment laws that made it impossible to treat half of ... Read more
- Contents
- Introduction : the origins of a disaster -- Death by the roadside -- Thirteen murders to prevent an earthquake -- "The odds are still in society's favor" -- The killing of three devils -- The sad legacy of Ms. Lessard -- God does not take medicati... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xvi, 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton 2008
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 362.196 TOR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 362.196 TOR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Mental health services United States Evaluation
Mentally ill Deinstitutionalization United States
Mentally ill Commitment and detention United States
Dangerously mentally ill United States
Mental health laws United States
Commitment of Mentally Ill United States
Dangerous Behavior United States
Deinstitutionalization United States
Mental Health Services organization & administration United States
Mentally Ill Persons United States
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