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Revision as of 22:33, 3 September 2003 by 134.215.226.45 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)E. Fuller Torrey is a noted schizophrenia researcher. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Neuroscience Center at St. Elizabeths Hospital. He is an active advisor and advocate for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Dr. Torrey’s sister has schizophrenia.
Dr. Torrey is the subject of some controversy. He is opposed by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS); Thomas Szasz, a libertarian psychiatrist who asserts that mental illness did not exist; British psychiatrist Ronald Laing who believes that schizophrenia is really a growth experience and Paul Krasner editor of The Realist.