My Brother Ron: A Personal and Social History of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill

by Clayton Cramer

Overview

America started a grand experiment in the 1960s: deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill. The consequences were very destructive: homelessness; a degradation of urban life; increases in violent crime rates; increasing death rates for the mentally ill. My Brother Ron tells the story of deinstitutionalization from two points of view: what happened to the author's older brother, part of the first generation of those who became mentally ill after deinstitutionalization, and a detailed history of how and why America went down this path.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014588522
Publisher:	Clayton E. Cramer
Publication date:	06/23/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
Sales rank:	194,266
File size:	583 KB

About the Author

Clayton E. Cramer teaches history at the College of Western Idaho and works as a software engineer. His work has been cited in two U.S. Supreme Court cases, as well as numerous decisions of the lower courts.