mentally ill

Contains unabridged editions of two memorials presented to the Illinois legislature in 1846-47 by humanitarian and reformer Dorothea Dix, in which she pleaded her case for the humane care and effective treatment of the mentally ill in Illinois; and includes a selection of newspaper articles she wrote detailing conditions in the jails and poorhouses of Illinois communities.

Presents a first-hand, narrative, account of the author's experiences as a mental health professional at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, recounting his own struggles with childhood phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder, and describing feelings of loss associated with the suicide of his best friend, Henry.

Cuban American homicide detective Jimmy Paz teams up with rookie cop Tito Morales, and psychologist Lorna Wise, in an effort to figure out whether Emmylou Dideroff--a woman who regularly communes with saints and the devil--is responsible for the death of a wealthy Arab oil trader who took a dive from the tenth floor of a Miami hotel after being bashed in the head with a piston rod.

Gilligan, a psychiatric patient who insists his name is Maynard Krebs, and the other six characters from the "Gilligan's Island" television series, tell what their lives were like before they embarked on that fateful three-hour tour.

Griffin, a scientist, creates a serum to make himself invisible and eventually goes insane. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and a biography of the author.

A Gallup poll reported in September 2013 that 80 percent of Americans blamed mass shootings on a failure of the mental health system to identify individuals who are a danger to others. Through objective discussion, numerous quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are the Origins of Concerns About Mental Illness and Crime?.

A powerful indictment of how we treat people suffering from acute mental illness.

Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation.