Bedlam: An Intimate Journey Into America's Mental Health Crisis (Hardcover)

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Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD, was inspired by his late sister Merle's severe mental illness (SMI) to pursue a career as a psychiatrist. Although SMI doesn't seem to have been the focus of his own practice, for this book he interviewed patients, psychiatrists, researchers, and family members who dea...

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"In this country, one in five adults (and one in five families)lives with a mental illness...SMI (serious mental illness) was not just my own family's struggle but the greatest social crisis of our time".The author, Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, was inspired by his sister's own struggle with mental hea...

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The hot topic of the criminalization of mental illnesses in America is explored here in a mostly documentary format by the author. Filled with patient stories and statistics, it delves into the crisis we currently face where the country's jails are filled to the brim with people who could be more...