Pre-Owned Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally Ill (Paperback) 0029153816 9780029153819

De-institutionalization has been criticized for putting hundreds of mentally ill people on the streets. This book examines the social and political causes of de-institutionalization - the tendency in the 1960s to see the mentally ill as merely different, and hostility to institutional oppression.

Title: Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally Ill Book Format: Unabridged ISBN10: 0029153816 EAN: 9780029153819 Genre: PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health Author: Isaac, Rael Jean CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.