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Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis

"Powerful... The crisis [Torrey] delineates should stir any halfway sensitive human being to anger." — The New York Times Book Review

"Brilliant and remarkably detailed... Dr. Torrey, our clearest and most informed voice for the mentally ill, offers his own insightful plan for a way out ... of a healthcare scandal that remains one of America's most enduring shames." — Phil Donahue.

"If President Clinton is looking for a worthy goal to accomplish in his second term, here's one: Rescue the homeless mentally ill. It can be done... Dr. E. Fuller Torrey ... provides a five-year road map in Out of the Shadows." — New York Daily News.

"An important book ... timely and very well written." — The New England Journal of Medicine.

"Controversial ideas, forcefully presented." — Kirkus Reviews

"Moving and vivid... Torrey's powerful prescription for change challenges conventional wisdom and political correctness. His searing case examples will haunt the reader." — Laurie Flynn Executive Director National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 256
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780471245322
  • Genres
  • psychology
  • Release date
  • 1998