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Psychiatry Disrupted
Burstow, Bonnie; Lefrancois, Brenda A.; Diamond, Shaindl
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Description for Psychiatry Disrupted
Paperback. A provocative argument against conventional study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of "mental illness." Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
There is growing international resistance to the oppressiveness of psychiatry. While previous studies have critiqued psychiatry, Psychiatry Disrupted goes beyond theorizing what is wrong with it to theorizing how we might stop it. Introducing readers to the arguments and rationale for opposing psychiatry, the book combines perspectives from anti-psychiatry and critical psychiatry activism, mad activism, antiracist, critical, and radical disability studies, as well as feminist, Marxist, and anarchist thought. The editors and contributors are activists and academics - adult education and social work professors, psychologists, prominent leaders in the psychiatric survivor movement, and artists - from across Canada, England, ... Read more
There is growing international resistance to the oppressiveness of psychiatry. While previous studies have critiqued psychiatry, Psychiatry Disrupted goes beyond theorizing what is wrong with it to theorizing how we might stop it. Introducing readers to the arguments and rationale for opposing psychiatry, the book combines perspectives from anti-psychiatry and critical psychiatry activism, mad activism, antiracist, critical, and radical disability studies, as well as feminist, Marxist, and anarchist thought. The editors and contributors are activists and academics - adult education and social work professors, psychologists, prominent leaders in the psychiatric survivor movement, and artists - from across Canada, England, ... Read more
Product Details
Number of pages
296
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773543300
SKU
V9780773543300
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About Burstow, Bonnie; Lefrancois, Brenda A.; Diamond, Shaindl
Bonnie Burstow is senior lecturer in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Brenda A. LeFrancois is associate professor in the School of Social Work with a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University. Shaindl Diamond is a community activist and ... Read more
Reviews for Psychiatry Disrupted
"Psychiatry Disrupted speaks to a wide audience. It covers a range of relevant issues and debates, includes original material and perspectives, and presents in an accessible, nuanced, and engaging way the arguments and rationale for opposing psychiatry." Erica Burman, Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester