E. Fuller Torrey
E. Fuller Torrey is a noted
schizophrenia researcher. He is a guest researcher at the 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 Rhoda has schizophrenia.
Dr. Torrey is the executive director of the Stanley Foundation, which funds mental-illness research. He also maintains a brain bank, which solicits donations of "Fresh, high-quality, schizophrenic brains" and provides the same to researchers.
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 Krassner editor of The Realist.
Notable Books
- 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 Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers ISBN 0465086632
- Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture ISBN 1929636008
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