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Crazy : A father's search through America's mental health madness

2006

Format:	Book
Author:	Earley, Pete, author.
Title:	Crazy : A father's search through America's mental health madness / Pete Earley.
Publisher, Date:	New York, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2006.
Description:	372 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	A journalistic investigation into the criminalization of America's mentally ill describes the author's battle with the shortcomings of the mental health system and the Miami-Dade County jail after his son was declared bipolar.
Subjects:	Earley, Mike. Earley, Pete. Mentally ill -- Biography. Mentally ill offenders -- Florida -- Miami -- Case studies. Mentally ill -- Effect of imprisonment on -- Florida -- Miami-Dade County. Mentally ill -- Family relationships -- Case studies. Parent and child. Mental illness.
Genre:	Biographies. Case studies.
Other Title:	Father's search through America's mental health madness
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372).
Contents:	Major players -- Preface -- Mike's story : 1 -- Mike's story : 2 -- Part One. The ninth floor -- Part Two. Smoke in the air -- Mike's story : 3 -- Part Three. "A damn cruel disease" -- Mike's story : 4 -- Part Four. Searching for a safe place -- Mike's story : 5 -- Part Five. Déjà vu -- Mike's story : 6 -- Acknowledgments -- Helpful resources -- Helpful books.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2005050986
ISBN:	9780399153136 0399153136 9780425213896 0425213897
Other Number:	60824246
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	171339
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Call Number:	362.1 Earley

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