Outlines the down side of deinstitutionalization, tracing how steps taken in the 1960s caused patients with severe psychiatric disorders to be discharged from h

"Vital for all working in the mental health field . . . . Fascinating reading for anyone." —Choice E. Fuller Torrey, the author of the definitive guides to sc

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace "the shabby tre

The author "reveals how we have failed our mentally ill and offers a viable, provocative blueprint for change."--Jacket.

E. Fuller Torrey's book provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program.