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July 9, 2011
E. Fuller Torrey is a clinical and research psychiatrist, author, and Director of the
Stanley Foundation.
Thirty years ago America embarked on an experiment – the de-institutionalization of its mentally ill. Now the results are before us and they are devastating. Many of America's homeless are desperately in need of metnal health treatment that is no longer available. Their plight requires re-institutionalization. Dr. E. Fuller Torrey outlines what must be done.