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The release of the mentally ill from institutions: A well-intentioned disaster. (cover story)
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- Author(s): Torrey, E. Fuller
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Chronicle of Higher Education. 6/13/97, Vol. 43 Issue 40, pB4. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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Opinion. Points to the price that the average American citizen has paid for the practice in the 20th century of releasing people with severe mental illnesses. Argument that deinstitutionalization is a perfect case study of a well-intentioned public policy gone wrong; Severe psychiatric disorders, appearing to be diseases of the brain; Recommendations.
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