![]() ![]() ![]() On the heartbreaking side, Powers tells the story of his own beautiful, creative, and schizophrenic sons – one who still struggles with the disease, and another who succumbed to it, hanging himself just shy of his 21 st birthday. On the infuriating side, Powers provides a nuanced, multi-layered history of the callousness, ignorance, greed, and ideological rigidities that have left the nation’s mentally ill in “conditions of atrocity” (xix). Ron Powers’ new book, which draws its title from that callous phrase, provides infuriating proof that it is entirely accurate, as well as heartbreaking evidence that it is not. “No one,” she explained, “cares about crazy people.” As Walker’s team worried about political fall-out – he was Milwaukee County executive at the time – an aid’s email offered reassurance. When Scott Walker was in the midst of his successful run for Wisconsin’s governorship, Milwaukee County Hospital faced allegations that its mentally ill patients had suffered vicious abuse. The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America. The Present, Shameful Debacle.Ī Review of No One Cares About Crazy People: ![]()
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