"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

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

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

Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to

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