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American psychosis [[electronic resource] ] : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system / / E. Fuller Torrey



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Autore: Torrey E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), <1937-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: American psychosis [[electronic resource] ] : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system / / E. Fuller Torrey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
Disciplina: 362.1968900973
Soggetto topico: Mentally ill - Care - United States - History
Mentally ill - Services for - United States
Mental health policy - United States
Mental health services - United States - Evaluation
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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?.
Sommario/riassunto: 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,
Titolo autorizzato: American psychosis  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-936112-6
0-19-998872-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452503003321
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