Losing Tim : how our health and education systems failed my son with schizophrenia /

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The author's son Tim is one of the '6 percent' -- an American with serious mental illness. He is also one of the half million homeless people with serious mental illnesses underserved or ignored by the US health and social-service systems. This exposé describes how Tim and others lik...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gionfriddo, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Gionfriddo, Tim > Mental health.
Gionfriddo, Tim.
Schizophrenia in children > Patients > United States > Biography.
Mental health policy > United States.
Children.
Special education.
Medical policy.
Schizophrenia in children.
Mentally Ill Persons
Child
Education, Special
Health Policy
Schizophrenia, Childhood
Schizophrénie infantile > Patients > États-Unis > Biographies.
Santé mentale > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Enfants.
Éducation spéciale.
Politique sanitaire.
Schizophrénie infantile.
children (people by age group)
special education.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Mental health.
Mental health policy.
Schizophrenia in children > Patients.
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
Personal Narrative
Biography
collective biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tim brings a gun to school
  • Tim gets his start
  • Our introduction to special education
  • A new school, a new crisis
  • Suspended animation
  • Rocketing through middle school
  • High school cooks up trouble
  • West to the Northwest
  • Hospitalization from the Northwest to Middletown
  • Tim comes to Austin
  • AmeriCorps and the chain of neglect
  • Tim begins adult life
  • Tim hits the revolving door
  • Launching Tim
  • Tim returns to Middletown
  • Epilogue.

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