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Silent Voices: People with Mental Disorders on the Street by Robert L Okin (Paperback / softback, 2014)

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We avert our eyes when we meet them on the street: homeless mentally ill people with their hand-scrawled signs, shopping carts, and cardboard boxes. Because of our fear and revulsion, we fail to see any human connection with them. Still, we're curious: How do they end up on the street? How do they survive the stress and privations of such a life? What combination of biological vulnerabilities, childhood traumas, drugs, mental disorders, and financial devastation brought them down? And how do some manage, against all odds, to climb out of this desperate situation? Former commissioner of mental health Robert Okin spent two years on the street meeting and photographing homeless individuals with mental illness to find answers to these questions. He masterfully brings these people to life through stories and images that are intimate and gritty. This is a book about hope, t just grief and despair. It challenges us to face the situation and do something about it rather than simply look a

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Golden Pine Press
ISBN-10
0996077707
ISBN-13
9780996077705
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209192079

Product Key Features

Author
Robert L Okin
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Subject
Social Issues, Services & Welfare
Type
Textbook

Additional Product Features

Content Note
Colour Illustrations
Date of Publication
01/10/2014
Country of Publication
United States

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