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American psychosis : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system /

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy 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,&...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Table des matières:
  • 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?