Noah Berlatsky

Mental Illness Noah Berlatsky

What causes mental illness? How should mental illness be treated? Is involuntary treatment for the mentally ill ethical? What are the issues surrounding violence and the mentally ill? These four queries are supported and debated by a fascinating collection of primary sources and essays. Viewpoints and counterpoints are provided so that readers can evaluate more than one perspective. Essay sources include Rachel V. Israeli, Margarita Tartakovsky, E. Fuller Torrey, and Sam Vaknin.