We've Been Too Patient Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model |
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Editor:
| Green, L. D. Ubozoh, Kelechi |
Foreword by:
| Whitaker, Robert |
ISBN: | 978-1-62317-361-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2019 |
Publisher: | North Atlantic Books
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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25 unflinching stories and essays from the front linesof the radical mental health movement Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy,involuntary hospitalization,traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts- these are thestruggles of those labeled "mentally ill." While much has been written about the systemicproblems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those withpersonal experience of psychiatric miscare...
More Description 25 unflinching stories and essays from the front linesof the radical mental health movement
Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy,involuntary hospitalization,traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts- these are thestruggles of those labeled "mentally ill." While much has been written about the systemicproblems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those withpersonal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, likepeople of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternativesto the "Mental Health Industrial Complex" and shifting the conversation frommental illness to mental health.