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Book SynopsisPowerful. . . . The crisis [Torrey] delineates should stir any halfway sensitive human being to anger.--The New York Times Book Review
Brilliant and remarkably detailed. . . . Dr. Torrey, our clearest and most informed voice for the mentally ill, offers his own insightful plan for a way out . . . of a healthcare scandal that remains one of America''s most enduring shames.--Phil Donahue.
If President Clinton is looking for a worthy goal to accomplish in his second term, here''s one: Rescue the homeless mentally ill. It can be done. . . . Dr. E. Fuller Torrey . . . provides a five-year road map in Out of the Shadows.--New York Daily News.
An important book . . . timely and very well written.--The New England Journal of Medicine.
Controversial ideas, forcefully presented.--Kirkus Reviews
Moving and vivid. . . . Torrey''s powerful prescription for change challenges conventional wisdom and political correctness. His searing ca
Table of ContentsPeople in the Shadows: The Many Faces of Mental Illness.
Nowhere to Go: Homelessness and Mental Illness.
Jails and Prisons.
Walking Time Bombs: Violence and the Mentally Ill.
Psychiatric Ghettos: Communities and Families.
Looking Backward: Where We Have Been.
New Initiatives in Funding.
From Legal Folly to Common Sense: The Right to Get Well.
From the Woody Allen Syndrome to Brain Disease.
Looking Forward: Where We Should Be Going.
Appendix.
References.
Index.
