Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally Ill August 31, 1990 by Rael Jean Isaac (Author), Virginia C. Armat (Author)
Residents of every major city in America are confronted daily by the growing number of homeless in the streets. Among them are the mentally ill who are often thrown into jails or shelters instead of hospitals. The authors describe the results of the de institutionalization policies that created this madness in our streets.
It is a prophetic book that deserves a serious appraisal. rsk
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