Vol. 17 No. 3 - Fall 1989
Inside Looking Out
Dateline: The South
Compiled by David Ramm
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Over Committed
A Southern Exposure survey reveals that blacks are nearly three times more likely than whites to be committed against their will to Southern mental hospitals. By David Ramm.
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Keys to the Asylum
A landmark court case in Alabama opened the hospital doors in 1972—yet mental patients are still struggling for better treatment 17 years later. By Grace Nordhoff.
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The New Dumping Ground
Despite evidences of horrific abuses, Virginia officials are still placing the mentally ill in adult homes. By Mike Hudson.
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The Death of Sammy Owens
A deputy sheriff killed him—no one disputes that. But now his community wants to know why the police have no mental health training. By Eric Bates.
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"I Finally Got Out"
Anita Courtney talks about overcoming shock treatments—and about finding a healing alternative to mental hospitals. Interview by Grace Nordhoff and Eric Bates.
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"Like Lightning Striking"
John Baggett used to be ashamed of his son's schizophrenia. Now he leads a movement for families of the mentally ill in North Carolina. Interview by Grace Nordhoff.
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Drop In
They call themselves "consumers," and they are at the forefront of a national civil rights movement for the mentally ill. By Robin Epstein.
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