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Madness in the streets : how psychiatry and the law abandoned the mentally ill / Rael Jean Isaac, Virginia C. Armat.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1990.Description: ix, 436 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0029153808 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.2/08/6942 20
LOC classification:
  • RC439.5 .I78 1990
NLM classification:
  • WM 31
Contents:
Introduction: The shame of the streets -- Part I: Anti-psychiatry: birth of a social delusion. The origins of anti-psychiatry ; Mental illness as label: the academy joins anti-psychiatry -- Part II: The vision of community care. Community mental health centers: the dream ; Community mental health centers: the reality -- Part III: The law becomes deranged. The rise of the mental health bar ; Hospitalization under attack: the major legal cases ; From the right to treatment to the right to refuse treatment -- Part IV: The war against treatment. The rise of the ex-patient movement ; Psychosurgery: the first domino ; Electroconvulsive therapy: the second domino ; Psychoactive drugs: the last domino -- Part V: Families as mental institutions. The right to be crazy ; The specter of violence -- Part VI: The mentally ill in the community. Winging it with pilot programs in the community ; Community services are not enough -- Conclusion: Forging a new bipartisan consensus.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks RC439.5.I78 1990 1 Available 33710000084611

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-414) and index.

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Introduction: The shame of the streets -- Part I: Anti-psychiatry: birth of a social delusion. The origins of anti-psychiatry ; Mental illness as label: the academy joins anti-psychiatry -- Part II: The vision of community care. Community mental health centers: the dream ; Community mental health centers: the reality -- Part III: The law becomes deranged. The rise of the mental health bar ; Hospitalization under attack: the major legal cases ; From the right to treatment to the right to refuse treatment -- Part IV: The war against treatment. The rise of the ex-patient movement ; Psychosurgery: the first domino ; Electroconvulsive therapy: the second domino ; Psychoactive drugs: the last domino -- Part V: Families as mental institutions. The right to be crazy ; The specter of violence -- Part VI: The mentally ill in the community. Winging it with pilot programs in the community ; Community services are not enough -- Conclusion: Forging a new bipartisan consensus.