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Author

Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-

Title American psychosis [electronic resource] : how the federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system / E. Fuller Torrey.

Imprint

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	x, 204 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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?.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History.
	Mentally ill -- Services for -- United States.
	Mental health policy -- United States.
	Mental health services -- United States -- Evaluation.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780199988716
	9780199988723 (electronic bk.)