American psychosis : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system

American psychosis how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace ""the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions"" with treatment in community mental hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Torrey, E. Fuller 1937- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2014.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Mentally ill > Care > United States > History.
Mentally ill > Services for > United States.
Mental health policy > United States.
Mental health services > United States > Evaluation.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798340206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Joe Kennedy : a man with problems
  • Robert Felix : a man with plans
  • The birth of the federal mental health program: 1960-1963
  • The short, unhappy life of the federal mental health program: 1964-1970
  • The death of the federal mental health program: 1971-1980
  • The perfect storm: 1981-1999
  • Dimensions of the current disaster: 2000-2013
  • Solutions : what have we learned and what should we do?.

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