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UNINA9910827838103321 |
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Autore |
Torrey E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), <1937-> |
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Titolo |
American psychosis : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system / / E. Fuller Torrey |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-936112-6 |
0-19-998872-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Mentally ill - Care - United States - History |
Mentally ill - Services for - United States |
Mental health policy - United States |
Mental health services - United States - Evaluation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Joe Kennedy : a man with problems -- Robert Felix : a man with plans -- The birth of the federal mental health program: 1960-1963 -- The short, unhappy life of the federal mental health program: 1964-1970 -- The death of the federal mental health program: 1971-1980 -- The perfect storm: 1981-1999 -- Dimensions of the current disaster: 2000-2013 -- Solutions : what have we learned and what should we do?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace ""the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions"" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as ""deinstitutionalization,"" continues to impact mental health care. Though he never publicly acknowledged it, the program was a tribute to Kennedy's sister Rosemary, who was born mildly retarded and developed a schizophrenia-like illness. Terrified she'd become pregnant, |
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