num_pages: 384
description: A dual memoir and journalistic investigation into the criminalization of America's mentally ill describes the author's battle with the shortcomings of the nation's mental health system after his son was declared ill, and exposes what the author learned throughout his year-long investigation into the Miami-Dade County jail. 60,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
titlecomplete: Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
genres: Sociology, Health, School, Mental Illness, Psychology, Medical, Nonfiction, Psychiatry, Mental Health, Memoir
ratings_count: 3701
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Putnam Adult