(Nov. 7, 2013) Interviews and reviews around Dr. E. Fuller Torrey’s new book, American Psychosis, just keep rolling in.
The book published by Oxford University Press details how the Community Mental Health Centers Act dismantled the treatment system for America’s most seriously mentally ill individuals and the disastrous results.
From recent reviews:
“This powerful polemic presents a compelling case for the reform of the mental illness treatment system. Torrey helpfully offers solutions, maintaining that successful care can come through community mental illness centers, not community mental health centers. In the end, his argument is convincing” – from Library Journal’s November 15 issue
“As Dr. Torrey makes clear, mental-health policy was a bipartisan failure. Dr. Torrey estimates that $140 billion is annually spent on ‘grossly inadequate and disjointed services,’ a sum that ‘should be more than sufficient to support excellent services if the money were used wisely.’” – Dr. Sally Satel in the Wall Street Journal
“American Psychosis…is Dr. Torrey’s latest and perhaps best effort to explain how the mental illness system went wrong, why we have so many tragedies and more importantly, how to stop them.” – DJ Jaffe in the Huffington Post
From a recent interview:
“[T]hat’s what the book’s all about…it’s about the 50-year history of mistakes we’ve made and my feeling that, unless we understand how we got here, it’s going to be difficult to figure out how to get out of here.” – Dr. Torrey in an interview with Diane Rehm
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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