American psychosis : how the Federal government destroyed the mental illness treatment system / E. Fuller Torrey, MD.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-193) and index.

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?.