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  • Nowhere to Go

    The Tragic Odyssey of the Homeless Mentally Ill

    This open access book attempts to answer the question, “Why are so many severely mentally ill people homeless or incarcerated?” Updated since it’s original 1988 release, this book tracks the history of this question in the United States.The answer begins in 1955, when the United States deinstitutionalized the 559,000 patients who were in state mental hospitals. Today, only 35,000 remain. In 1963, ... Read more

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  • Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition

    A Family Manual

    Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, treatment plans, commonly asked questions and more, the bestselling resource on schizophrenia is back—now in its seventh edition."E. Fuller Torrey is a brilliant writer. There is no one writing on psychology today whom I would rather read."— Los Angeles TimesSince its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition has ... Read more

    Was $15.49 USD Now $13.49 USD

  • American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System

    How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System

    In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace "the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as "deinstitutionalization," continues to impact mental health care. Though ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods

    Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

    Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • American Psychosis

    How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System

    In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace "the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as "deinstitutionalization," continues to impact mental health care. Though ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Insanity Offense

    How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens

    "Vital for all working in the mental health field . . . . Fascinating reading for anyone." —ChoiceE. Fuller Torrey, the author of the definitive guides to schizophrenia and manic depression, chronicles a disastrous swing in the balance of civil rights that has resulted in numerous violent episodes and left a vulnerable population of mentally ill people homeless and victimized. Interweaving in ... Read more

    $15.69 USD

  • The Martyrdom of Abolitionist Charles Torrey

    Series series Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World
    During his brief yet remarkable career, abolitionist Charles Torrey -- called the "father of the Underground Railroad" by his peers -- assisted almost four hundred slaves in gaining their freedom. A Yale graduate and an ordained minister, Torrey set up a well-organized route for escaped slaves traveling from Washington and Baltimore to Philadelphia and Albany. Arrested in Baltimore in 1844 for his ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods

    Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

    Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Surviving Manic Depression

    A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers

    Surviving Manic Depression is the most authoritative book on this disorder, which affects more than two million people in the U.S. alone. Based on the latest research, it provides detailed coverage of every aspect of manic depression-from understanding its causes and treatments to choosing doctors and managing relapses-with guidance drawn from the latest scientific information. Drs. Torrey and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Surviving Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions

    When Dr. E. Fuller Torrey was diagnosed with prostate cancer, none of the books he could find was current enough or comprehensive enough to satisfy his need for information. This book is for the hundreds of thousands of other men who each year receive the same frightening diagnosis. It is the book Dr. Torrey wished he had when he was facing the countless questions that a man with prostate cancer, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition

    A Family Manual

    Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 14 min

    Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, treatment plans, commonly asked questions and more, the bestselling resource on schizophrenia is back—now in its seventh edition.“E. Fuller Torrey is a brilliant writer. There is no one writing on psychology today whom I would rather read.”— Los Angeles TimesSince its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Surviving Schizophrenia, 6th Edition

    A Family Manual

    Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 30 min

    Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, the bestselling Surviving Schizophrenia is back, now in its sixth edition.Since its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease and has helped thousands of patients, their families, and mental health professionals. In clear language, this much-praised and important book ... Read more

    $24.99 USD