NPR News: Psychiatrist: America's 'Extremely Punitive' Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse

Psychiatrist: America's 'Extremely Punitive' Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse
Dr. Christine Montross says people with serious mental illnesses in the U.S. are far more likely to be incarcerated than to be treated in a psychiatric hospital. Her new book is Waiting for an Echo.

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July 17, 2020 at 12:42AM
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