Psychiatrist: America’s ‘Extremely Punitive’ Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse

Waiting for an Echo, by Christine Montross

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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