(Oct. 9, 2013) The causes and consequences of deinstitutionalization are the subject of Dr. E. Fuller Torrey’s scathing new book, American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System.
Here’s what people are saying:
“Torrey is the conscience of the country and its most articulate spokesperson when it comes to public mental health care.” – JEFFREY A. LEIBERMAN, President, American Psychiatric Association
“The first time I heard Torrey speak at a meeting of psychiatrists I was so offended I got up and left. Five years later I realized everything he said was true. This book will, I believe, offend many people; hopefully it will take them less time to recognize the truth of what Torrey has written.” – ALAN A. STONE, MD, Professor of Law and Psychiatry at Harvard University
Torrey’s superb new book is a devastating indictment of America’s mental health ‘system,’ a story of good intentions gone disastrously awry.” – STUART M. BUTLER, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Center for Policy Innovation, The Heritage Foundation
“With persuasive facts and gripping, tragic examples, Torrey documents what state psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers and jails have in common: millions of seriously mentally ill people treated inhumanely and inadequately.” – SIDNEY M. WOLFE, MD, Public Citizen Health Research Group
Read an excerpt from American Psychosis.
Purchase a copy of the book here. All royalties from American Psychosis have been assigned to the Treatment Advocacy Center.
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