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Mental Health Support

MineralMan

(148,935 posts) Fri Jun 1, 2018, 09:40 AM Jun 2018

A new novel that follows a young woman through [View all]

the mental health system in the 1980s. Her journey leads from locked hospital ward to stability in a time when treatment possibilities were changing often. It's a good read!

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A new novel that follows a young woman through [View all] MineralMan Jun 2018 OP

Thanks for the rec. irisblue Jun 2018 #1

The Reagan years? GeorgeGist Jun 2018 #2

Yes, but it was also the years during which a new MineralMan Jun 2018 #3

Appreciate this comment. You are certainly correct,"despair to stability" Wwcd Jun 2018 #6

in the Reagan years, a lot of the population in the state mental hospitals was forced out steve2470 Jun 2018 #10

He began that effort in California, while serving as Governor. MineralMan Jun 2018 #11

I will read this. Thanks for the info. Wwcd Jun 2018 #4

Please note; This post is in the Mental Health Support Group. MineralMan Jun 2018 #5

Any affiliation with the author of this book? SixString Jun 2018 #7

Yes. What's your point? MineralMan Jun 2018 #8

You may want to include it in your advertisement. SixString Jun 2018 #9