Out of the Shadows

"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

People in the Shadows: The Many Faces of Mental Illness 1 Nowhere to Go: Homelessness and Mental Illness 13 Jails and Prisons 25 Walking Time Bombs: Violence and the Mentally Ill 43 Psychiatric Ghettos: Communities and Families 61 Looking Backward: Where We Have Been 81 New Initiatives in Funding 91 From Legal Folly to Common Sense: The Right to Get Well 141 From the Woody Allen Syndrome to Brain Disease 167 Looking Forward: Where We Should Be Going 193 Appendix: The Magnitude of Deinstitutionalization 205 References 209 Index 237