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legacy of,
111
–
13
,
184
n42

medication compliance,
57
,
112
,
146
–
47

mentally ill population estimates,
93
,
148
–
51
,
149
–
50
t
,
153

motivations for,
33

nursing homes (
see
nursing homes)

patient discharge from (
see
deinstitutionalization)

profiteering by,
106
–
7

public perception of,
100
,
111

public psychiatric beds needed in,
146

rate of,
52
,
86
–
87
,
89

readmissions to,
56
,
57

repurposing of,
120

studies on effects of,
96
–
97

Stickney, Wyatt v
.,
86

Stolle, Ken,
123

Stone, Alan,
157

Students for a Democratic Society,
70

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),
143

Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
87
,
89
,
93
,
136
,
137
,
145
,
157
,
162
,
166

Sweeney, Dennis,
104

Szasz, Thomas,
45
,
116

Taft, Robert A.,
24

Talbott, John,
113

Tavares, Daniel,
135

Temple CMHC,
65
–
66

Tennessee,
148
,
150
t

Terrell, Ruth,
127

Test, Mary Ann,
152
–
53

Texas,
117
–
19
,
130
,
135
,
150
t

“The Criminalization of Mentally Disordered Behavior,”
98

Thomas, Claudewell,
152

Thomas, Kelly,
125

Thorazine (chlorpromazine),
32
–
33

Total institutions,
155
–
56

Transinstitutionalization,
95

Truman, Harry,
24
,
38

United Behavioral Health,
164
–
65

The Unraveling of America
(Matusow),
90

Utah,
150
t

Vermont,
54
,
125
,
137
,
150
t

Victimization of persons,
100
–
101
,
107
,
118
–
19
,
124
–
28

Vietnam War,
83

Villaraigosa, Antonio,
124

Violence, incarceration,
88
,
98
–
99
,
103
–
13
,
110
,
117
–
20
,
127
,
131
–
36
,
183
n38,
184
n42

Virginia,
117
,
118
,
122
–
24
,
127
,
135
,
150
t

Wagenfold, Morton,
69

War on Poverty,
90

Washington, D.C.,
134

Washington State,
118
,
119
,
122
,
130
,
134
,
135
,
150
t
,
158

Watergate,
83

Watts, James W.,
11
,
12

Wealth redistribution,
67
,
76

Weinberger, Caspar,
81

Well, Steven,
134

Wesbecker, Joseph,
105

Weston, Russell E. Jr.,
110
,
111
,
183
n38

West Virginia,
150
t

White, John,
11

Whittington, Horace G.,
91

Wilder, Jack,
65

Wilkie, Wendell,
8

Will, George,
109

Williams, James,
135

Wing, John,
56
–
57

Winkelman, William,
33

Wisconsin

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT),
152
–
53

assisted outpatient treatment (AOT),
150
t

board-and-care homes in,
127

county asylums system in,
19

elderly mentally ill patients in nursing homes,
95

incarceration, acts of violence,
104
–
5
,
112

involuntary hospitalization in,
86
,
103

mental retardation research,
35

St. Coletta School,
14
–
15
,
34

Woodlawn CMHC,
65

Wooton, George,
103

Worcester State Hospital,
19

Wyatt v. Stickney
,
86

Wyoming,
54
,
150
t

Yolles, Stanley F.

agenda,
69
,
76
,
80
–
81

background,
48

CMHC program implementation,
62
–
63

Interagency Committee on Mental Health,
42
–
51

motivations,
140
–
41

prevention focus,
48
,
63
–
66
,
68
,
71

on program success,
140

Zichi, Tony,
127

Zimbardo, Philip,
155
–
56

Zito, Francis Mario,
110
,
183
n38

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Joe Kennedy: A Man with Problems

2. Robert Felix: A Man with Plans

3. The Birth of the Federal Mental Health Program: 1960–1963

4. The Short, Unhappy Life of the Federal Mental Health Program: 1964–1970

5. The Death of the Federal Mental Health Program: 1971–1980

6. The Perfect Storm: 1981–1999

7. Dimensions of the Present Disaster: 2000–2013

8. Solutions: What Have We Learned and What Should We Do?

Notes

Index