America started a grand experiment in the 1960s: deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill. The consequences were very destructive: homelessness; a degradation

One of the most significant medical and social initiatives of the twentieth century was the demolition of the traditional state hospitals that housed most of th

Both the scope and effects of deinstitutionalization have been dramatic. This volume examines both positive and negative effects of this mass movement of person

The author is a social worker who writes with experience, authority, and compassion about what really happened when thousands of mental patients were discharged