In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace "the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as "deinstitutionalization," continues to impact mental health care. Though he never publicly acknowledged it, the program was a tribute to Kennedy's sister Rosemary, who was born mildly retarded and developed a schizophrenia-like illness. Terrified she'd become pregnant, Joseph Kennedy arranged for his daughter to receive a lobotomy, which was a disaster and left her severely retarded. Fifty years after Kennedy's speech, E. Fuller Torrey's book provides an inside perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. On staff at the National Institute of Mental Health when the program was being developed and implemented, Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the program, extensive research, one-on-one interviews with people involved, and recently unearthed audiotapes of interviews with major figures involved in the legislation. As such, this book provides historical material previously unavailable to the public. Torrey examines the Kennedys' involvement in the policy, the role of major players, the responsibility of the state versus the federal government in caring for the mentally ill, the political maneuverings required to pass the legislation, and how closing institutions resulted not in better care - as was the aim - but in underfunded programs, neglect, and higher rates of community violence. Many now wonder why public mental illness services are so ineffective. At least one-third of the homeless are seriously mentally ill, jails and prisons are grossly overcrowded, largely because the seriously mentally ill constitute 20 percent of prisoners, and public facilities are overrun by untreated individuals. As Torrey argues, it is imperative to understand how we got here in order to move forward towards providing better care for the most vulnerable.
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坦率地说,这本书的阅读体验更像是一场智力上的马拉松,而不是一场轻松的短跑。它的叙事结构是如此的复杂和多层次,充斥着跳跃和非线性叙事,让人时不时需要停下来,回顾前文,重新校准自己的理解框架。对我来说,最大的乐趣(或者说挑战)在于那些隐藏在字里行间的符号和互文性。作者显然深谙哲学和心理学的理论,并将之巧妙地融入到人物的行为逻辑和环境描述中,使得每一次深入阅读都能挖掘出新的层次和解读角度。这本书绝不是那种看完就束之高阁的类型,它像一个不断自我展开的谜团,需要读者带着批判性的眼光反复审视。如果你喜欢那种需要自己去填补空白、主动参与构建故事意义的文学作品,那么你会发现其中的乐趣无穷无尽。
评分这部作品的后劲实在太大了,它不是那种让你看完就大呼过瘾的小说,更像是埋在你脑子里的一根刺,时不时地提醒你某些不适的真相。我特别欣赏作者对“偏执”这种状态的细腻描摹,它不是简单的精神失常,而是一种对世界过度敏感和过度解读后的必然产物。故事中的许多场景都带着一种令人窒息的封闭感,仿佛整个世界都坍缩到了主角的视野范围内,所有的信息都指向同一个令人恐惧的结论,而其他所有人都对此视而不见。这种‘少数人清醒’的孤立感,被描绘得无比真实和痛苦。它不仅仅是一个故事,更像是一份关于现代人心灵状态的诊断书,揭示了在信息爆炸时代,个体如何迷失在意义的洪流之中,最终陷入自我构建的陷阱。读完之后,我花了好几天时间才从那种强烈的代入感中抽离出来。
评分我不得不说,这部作品在语言运用上达到了近乎炫技的程度。作者似乎对词汇有着一种近乎偏执的敏感,每一个选择都经过了千锤百炼,带着一种独特的韵律感和强烈的画面冲击力。许多段落读起来,与其说是文字,不如说是精准剪辑过的电影镜头,色彩、声音、气味,所有感官细节都被放大到了极致。特别是那些关于潜意识和梦境的描绘,简直是文学的迷宫,让人在迷失中不断寻找出口,却发现出口本身可能就是另一个入口。然而,这种风格带来的挑战性也是显而易见的,它要求读者付出极大的专注力去解码每一个隐喻和典故,绝不是一本可以轻松翻阅的消遣读物。那些对社会现象的锐利剖析,藏在华丽辞藻的深处,需要你反复咀嚼才能品出其中凛冽的寒意。总而言之,这是一部文学性远大于情节驱动的作品,适合那些享受语言本身的读者。
评分这本小说的开篇确实像一记重锤,将人猛地拽入一个充满阴郁与不安的世界。作者在构建这个世界观时展现出了惊人的细腻,那些关于城市肌理、日常生活的描摹,表面上平静无波,实则暗流汹涌,让人读起来总有一种无形的压力感在后背聚集。叙事节奏的把控堪称大师级,时而如同慢镜头般聚焦于人物微小的心理波动,将那种现代都市人特有的疏离感和焦虑感刻画得入木三分;时而又陡然加速,甩出令人措手不及的事件节点,将读者抛入更深层的迷雾之中。我对主人公那种近乎病态的执着印象极其深刻,他仿佛是所有城市幽灵的集合体,在光怪陆离的表象下,努力寻找着某种不存在的秩序或意义。这种对“存在”的追问,虽然晦涩,却异常引人入胜。读这本书的过程,与其说是阅读,不如说是一场沉浸式的精神漫游,你必须完全放下对清晰逻辑的期待,才能真正领略到作者笔下那种破碎而又迷人的美学。
评分初读时,我被其强烈的氛围感所震撼,那种混杂着对权力结构和媒体操控的隐晦批判,让人读完后久久不能平静。作者构建的那个社会图景,既是熟悉的现实,又被扭曲成一个怪诞的剧场。角色之间的互动充满了张力,他们似乎都在遵循着一套心照不宣却又极度荒谬的规则在进行博弈。我尤其欣赏作者对于“真实”这一概念的解构。在这个故事里,每个人都在扮演一个角色,但扮演本身似乎已经成为唯一的真实。这种对现代身份认同的探讨,非常深刻且具有时代意义。它迫使你反思自己日常生活中那些不经意的表演和妥协。尽管情节的推进速度有时显得缓慢,但我认为这是必要的铺垫,用以烘托那种挥之不去、无处不在的压抑感,直到最后一刻,那层薄膜才被撕开,露出的景象令人不寒而栗。
评分好心败坏事的典型,Torrey建议降低非自愿住院的门槛,值得思考
评分好心败坏事的典型,Torrey建议降低非自愿住院的门槛,值得思考
评分好心败坏事的典型,Torrey建议降低非自愿住院的门槛,值得思考
评分好心败坏事的典型,Torrey建议降低非自愿住院的门槛,值得思考
评分好心败坏事的典型,Torrey建议降低非自愿住院的门槛,值得思考
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