Letter from Judi Chamberlin to the Editor of the Nation

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Judi Chamberlin to the Editor of the Nation
Description:
Chamberlin criticizes an article in the Nation (see: mums768-b003-f031-i009) which discusses the mental health system and homelessness; she brings up issues of forced treatment and the side effects of drugs commonly used to treat the mentally ill, and cites the ex-patients' movement working towards solutions that involve self-help and are conscious of economic policies for poor people.
Creator:
Chamberlin, Judi, 1944-2010
Addressee:
The Nation
Date:
January 11, 1988
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Letters to the editor
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 3 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Judi Chamberlin Papers
Subjects:
Mental health services--United States
Mentally ill--Civil rights
Psychiatric survivors movement
Places:
United States
Extent:
3 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums768-b003-f031-i011
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Place of origin:
Somerville (Mass.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums768-b003-f031-i011