Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally ILL - 1st Edition/1st Printing de Isaac, Rael Jean and Virginia C. Armat - 1990

New York, Toronto, ET AL: The Free Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0029153808 . A Fine first edition/first printing housed in a dust-jacket that bears general scuffing, in otherwise Near Fine condition; Madness in the Streets tells the tragic story of the psychiatric system's abandonment of the mentally ill, as well as its devastating consequences. The book exposes the ways that psychiatry and the law have collaborated to deprive patients of their civil rights and to incarcerate them in institutions where they are subjected to inhumane treatment. Drawing on groundbreaking research, Madness in the Streets provides a shocking indictment of psychiatry's destructive practices and calls for a more humane and compassionate treatment of the mentally ill.; 8vo; 436 pages .