SEATTLE — In Dr. Thomas Insel's new book about the mental health crisis in the U.S., he makes the stakes plain.
"Recovery is both a goal for an individual and a necessity for healing the soul of our nation," he writes.
Insel, the former longtime head of the National Institute of Mental Health and one of the country's leading neuroscientists and psychiatrists, argues that we're witnessing a "crisis of care": Most people with mental illnesses aren't receiving treatment. Mental health care isn't delivered effectively. And instead of focusing on prevention or recovery, the system is geared toward caring for people once they're already in crisis.
