We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model

We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model
ISBN-10
1623173612
ISBN-13
9781623173616
Category
Psychology
Pages
265
Language
English
Published
2019-07-09
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Authors
L. D. Green, Kelechi Ubozoh

Description

25 unflinching stories and essays from the front lines of the radical mental health movement Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled “mentally ill.” While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternatives to the “Mental Health Industrial Complex” and shifting the conversation from mental illness to mental health.

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