Insane Consequences, DJ Jaffe
Insane Consequences, DJ Jaffe
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Insane Consequences
How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill

Author: DJ Jaffe, E. Fuller Torrey, MD

Narrator: David Marantz

Unabridged: 9 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/11/2022

Synopsis

This well-researched and highly critical examination of the state of our mental health system by the industry's most relentless critic presents a new and controversial explanation as to why—in spite of spending $147 billion annually—140,000 seriously mentally ill are homeless, 390,000 are incarcerated, and even educated, tenacious, and caring people can't get treatment for their mentally ill loved ones. DJ Jaffe blames the mental health industry and the government for shunning the 10 million adults who are the most seriously mentally ill—mainly those who suffer from schizophrenia and severe bipolar disorder—and, instead, working to improve "mental wellness" in 43 million others, many of whom are barely symptomatic. Using industry and government documents, scientific journals, and anecdotes from his thirty years of advocacy, Jaffe documents the insane consequences of these industry-driven policies: psychiatric hospitals for the seriously ill are still being closed; involuntary commitment criteria are being narrowed to the point where laws now require violence rather than prevent it; the public is endangered; and the mentally ill and their families are forced to suffer.

About DJ Jaffe

DJ Jaffe is executive director of Mental Illness Policy Org., a nonpartisan think tank, which creates detailed policy analysis for legislators, the media, and advocates. He regularly appears on television and has written opinion pieces for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and articles for National Review and Huffington Post. He has served with numerous nonprofits including the Treatment Advocacy Center and National Alliance on Mental Illness. He has a seriously mentally ill relative and lives with his wife, Rose, and dog, Pickles, in Harlem.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mykolas

This is a difficult book for me to review as parts of it shed light on huge issues within the mental health industry but the solutions suggested in the book were nothing less than dangerous. It’s also difficult to summarize the book as it covers a lot but the basic thesis is that the mental health in......more

Goodreads review by Jana

As the parent of an adult child with schizophrenia who is disabled by his illness, I found this book to be accurate and validating. The system is broken and even though my husband and I possess advanced degrees and are upper middle class, we have found it nearly impossible to navigate the system. Tr......more

Goodreads review by Natasha

This is an amazing book. If you are a mental health advocate, you need to read it, now. It details what the mental health system in the United States really is like for those with serious mental illness. This book focuses on the 4% of people who are seriously ill with bipolar, schizophrenia and the......more

Goodreads review by Erin

This book is extremely thought provoking for anyone interested in improving the lives of people that suffer from serious mental illnesses or in learning more about how our mental health system is a blatant failure. DJ Jaffe raises important but harsh criticisms of many mainstream organizations worki......more

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