Community Life for the Mentally Ill: An Alternative to Institutional Care

By George Fairweather, David H. Sanders, David L. Cressler

Book Overview

Presents a social innovative experiment aimed at providing participating social positions in American society for mental patients. This book explores the events that occurred when a courageous group of former chronic mental patients abruptly left a hospital and established their own autonomous sub-society in a large, metropolitan area.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202362132
• ISBN13: 9780202362137
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"