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Revision as of 22:41, 17 September 2005 by 35.8.131.155 (talk) (criticism placed under == Critics ==)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dr. E. Fuller Torrey is an American psychiatrist and noted schizophrenia researcher. He is a guest researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Neuroscience Center at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He is an active advisor and advocate for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Dr. Torrey’s sister, Rhoda, has schizophrenia.
Dr. Torrey is the executive director of the Stanley Foundation, the largest private provider of research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the United States. The Stanley Foundation also maintains a collection of postmortem brain tissue from individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression and from unaffected controls, which are made available to researchers without charge.
Dr. Torrey stands in opposition to the anti-psychiatry views of Thomas Szasz, a libertarian psychiatrist who asserts mental illness is a myth, and the late R. D. Laing, a British psychiatrist who suggested schizophrenia may offer a chance to grow.
Notable Books
- The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present (January 2002) Rutgers University Press; ISBN 0813530032
- Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers (4th edition), ISBN 0060959193
- The Roots of Treason: Ezra Pound and the Secret of St. Elizabeths. ISBN 1929636016
- Surviving Manic-Depressive Illness, ISBN 0465086632
- Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture, ISBN 1929636008
- Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis (1997), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN 0-471-24532-1
Critics
Francesca Allan of MindFreedomBC says
If anyone's going to read the above two , then they should also read Bob Whitaker's scathing indictment of Torrey's approach to mental illness: http://psychrights.org/Articles/EHPPPsychDrugEpidemic(Whitaker).pdf E. Fuller Torrey should be prosecuted for hate crimes against the mentally ill. There is nobody more dedicated to stripping the mentally ill of their dignity than EFT.
See also
External links
- Psychlaws.org - 'E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. President' (Biography), Treatment Advocacy Center
- NAMI.org - 'NAMI: The Nation's Voice on Mental Health', (official site of National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Psychlaws.org - 'Washington's Best and Brightest: Roots of Mental Illness - E. Fuller Torrey, Psychiatrist', John Pekkanen, The Washingtonian