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

by E. Fuller Torrey

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"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
  • ISBN13 9780470350812
  • Publish Date 11 March 2008 (first published 11 March 1998)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Edition 2nd Revised edition
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 256
  • Language English
  • URL http://wiley.com