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Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally Ill
Madness in the Streets How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally Ill Author:Isaac The national enthusiasm for a civil rights approach to all social problems has produced a body of case law that has made it impossible to give medical help to anyone without their consent. A short walk through any community reveals the failure of these policies--sidewalks and parks have become open-air mental wards, but without treatment. Now th... more »e authors make a call to action.« less