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Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia - Synopses
Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that infectious agents may contribute to some cases of schizophrenia. In animals, infection with Toxoplasma...
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11/01/03 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
Hippie healthcare policy: while one government agency searches for the cure to mental diseases, another clings to the '60s notion that they don't exist
IN 1999, 31-YEAR-OLD JULIE RODRIGUEZ drove her car into the Sacramento River, killing herself and her two toddlers. Rodriguez had been suffering...
Washington Monthly, 04/01/02 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
IN THERAPY WE TRUST: America's Obsession with Self-Fulfillment - Brief Article
IF YOU ARE INTO EUPHORIMETERS, this book is for you. The Euphorimeter was developed in the 1930s by researchers at Duke University as a test of...
Washington Monthly, 06/01/01 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
Bird Brains - questionable research priorities at National Institute of Mental Health - Statistical Data Included
While 2.3 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, the National Institute of Mental Health is studying how pigeons think While 2.3 million...
Washington Monthly, 05/01/01 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
Hope for Cities Dealing With the Mental Illness Crisis.(community assisted treatment laws; outpatient commitment)
When states began closing psychiatric hospitals three decades ago, nobody anticipated that our nation's cities would bear the brunt of a failed...
Nation's Cities Weekly, 04/19/99 by Torrey, E. Fuller; Zdanowicz, Mary T. · More from publication -
Making Us Crazy: DSM, the Psychiatric Bible and the Creation of Mental Disorders. - book reviews
By Herb Kutchins and Stuart A. Kirk The Free Press, $27.50 By Herb Kutchins and Stuart A. Kirk The Free Press, $27.50 According to a recent news...
Washington Monthly, 01/01/98 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
An insane system: how our judicial and public health systems are failing the mentally ill
The failure of the public health system has caused some defendants to be sent to prisons instead of psychiatric hospitals. Many of the...
Washington Monthly, 09/01/97 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
The Mad, the Bad, and the Innocent. - book reviews
Ever since 1760, when London's Dr. John Monro testified as to the temporary insanity of a man accused of killing his servant, medical experts have...
Washington Monthly, 09/01/97 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
The Perversion of Autonomy: The Proper Uses of Coercion and Constraints in a Liberal Society. - book reviews
Five years ago it became clear to me that we were in big trouble. A psychiatrist friend who works at St. Elizabeth's Hospital told me about a young...
Washington Monthly, 10/01/96 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication -
Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science, and Psychoanalysis. - book reviews
Dr. Torrey is a research psychiatrist in Washington, D.C., and the author of Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effects of Freud's Theory on American...
National Review, 12/31/95 by E. Fuller Torrey · More from publication
