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In Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis, Rosalynn Carter and coauthors Susan K. Golant and Kathryn E. Cade render an insightful, unsparing assessment of the state of mental health. Using stories from her 35 years of advocacy to springboard into a discussion of the larger issues at hand,...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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In Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis, Rosalynn Carter and coauthors Susan K. Golant and Kathryn E. Cade render an insightful, unsparing assessment of the state of mental health. Using stories from her 35 years of advocacy to springboard into a discussion of the larger issues at hand, Carter crafts an intimate and powerful account of a subject previously shrouded in stigma and shadow, surveying the dimensions of an issue that has affected us all. She describes a system that continues to fail those in need, even though recent scientific breakthroughs with mental illness have po |
| Item Description: | Copy 2 signed by author. |
| Carrier Form: | xxvi, 214 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-190) and index. |
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9781594868818 : 1594868816 |
| Index Number: | RA790 |
| CLC: | R749-097.12 |
| Call Number: | R749-097.12/C324 |
| Contents: | Stigma, prejudice, and discrimination -- The scope of the problem -- Our children : falling through the cracks -- Looking after our elderly -- When disaster strikes -- Doing time for a mental illness -- New research : giving us reason to hope -- Recovery. |