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Paperback. Condition: New. Second Edition. This book is grounded in W. Strawn Douglas' personal battle with mental illness and his experiences with it at the mental institution where he's lived for almost three decades. Different portions of it were created in different times, with Douglas in a variety of different mindsets, and it concerns itself mainly with the hoops that the government wants people who are mentally ill to jump through in all too often vain hopes of regaining their freedom. Some of the hoops are admittedly linked to reasonable goals and ideals. Unfortunately, too many others only serve the whims of our captors, serving the traditions of abuse in the oxymoron of "forced care.".…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Date: 1994 Sm Quarto PP.36. Tables, Text Figures (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. Second Edition, Second Edition. This book is grounded in W. Strawn Douglas' personal battle with mental illness and his experiences with it at the mental institution where he's lived for almost three decades. Different portions of it were created in different times, with Douglas in a variety of different mindsets, and it concerns itself mainly with the hoops that the government wants people who are mentally ill to jump through in all too often vain hopes of regaining their freedom. Some of the hoops are admittedly linked to reasonable goals and ideals. Unfortunately, too many others only serve the whims of our captors, serving the traditions of abuse in the oxymoron of "forced care.".…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A searing personal account of life inside a mental institution and a powerful critique of the mental health system.Quarantine of The Mind offers a rare glimpse into the world of forensic mental health, as experienced by W. Strawn Douglas, a patient committed to the Minnesota Security Hospital for nearly three decades. Through essays written during different periods of his institutionalization, Douglas exposes the often-dehumanizing hoops that the mentally ill must jump through in hopes of regaining their freedom. He challenges the oxymoron of 'forced care' and questions the traditions of abuse that persist within the system.This unflinching narrative is for anyone seeking to understand: - The realities of institutional life for the mentally ill- The challenges of navigating the forensic mental health system- The importance of advocating for civil rights and humane treatment.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Second Edition, Second Edition. This book is grounded in W. Strawn Douglas' personal battle with mental illness and his experiences with it at the mental institution where he's lived for almost three decades. Different portions of it were created in different times, with Douglas in a variety of different mindsets, and it concerns itself mainly with the hoops that the government wants people who are mentally ill to jump through in all too often vain hopes of regaining their freedom. Some of the hoops are admittedly linked to reasonable goals and ideals. Unfortunately, too many others only serve the whims of our captors, serving the traditions of abuse in the oxymoron of "forced care.".…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorWilliam Strawn Douglas currently resides at the Minnesota Security Hospital, Saint Peter, Minnesota, where he was committed under a diagnosis of being Mentally Ill and Dangerous in 1993. That was the aftermath of an.

Paperback. Condition: New. Second Edition. This book is grounded in W. Strawn Douglas' personal battle with mental illness and his experiences with it at the mental institution where he's lived for almost three decades. Different portions of it were created in different times, with Douglas in a variety of different mindsets, and it concerns itself mainly with the hoops that the government wants people who are mentally ill to jump through in all too often vain hopes of regaining their freedom. Some of the hoops are admittedly linked to reasonable goals and ideals. Unfortunately, too many others only serve the whims of our captors, serving the traditions of abuse in the oxymoron of "forced care.".…