Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child

Abstract

412 April 1985 VoL 36 No. 4 Hospital and Community Psychiatry the “healthy but unhappy.” Penhaps we have forsaken rights to treatment for rights to freedom. And who, in this era of block grants, cost containment, and consumer advocacy, is ultimately responsible for initiating and coordinating services? Surely the chronically mentally ill cannot go it alone. Although comprehensive, this monograph does have its shortcomings. It does not address where skills for community living would best be taught: in preparatory residential facilities or in the community itself. It gives but passing notice to the homeless mentally ill, a significant minority (perhaps one-