Deliver Us From Evil
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About the Book
A US Air Force officer on temporary duty in the Far East is captured when he accidentally stumbles on a terrorist plot targeting a US national laboratory. He is tortured and then released in a psychotic state.
He is admitted to a mental hospital in the rural southwest where the staff squabbles over how best to treat this strange patient. Who is he? Is he really mentally ill? What information does he possess? Is his life still at risk? What else is in danger?
There is also conflict within the group of terrorists who have placed someone at the hospital to monitor the situation. Should they now aim at a different target?
In the microcosm of Dos Cerros State Hospital there are good guys and bad guys, but the categories cut across professions and maybe nationalities, too.
This book, written by an author who has himself played many of the parts in this drama, is for anyone concerned about both American vulnerability to terrorist attack, and the current state of the US mental health industry.
About the Author
Louis Wynne was a combat intelligence officer in the US Air Force’s Strategic Air Command during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
He has a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from The Ohio State University, and has done research in primate behavioral pharmacology.
Dr. Wynne is the Four Corners Regional Director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. He was Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and Clinical Director of the New Mexico State Hospital.
He has a clinical practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he lives with his wife, Sema, and a calico cat named Minnie.