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OverviewThere 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, and the United States. From chapters discussing feminist opposition to the medicalization of human experience, to the links between psychiatry and neo-liberalism, to internal tensions within the various movements and different identities from which people organize, the collection theorizes psychiatry while contributing to a range of scholarship and presenting a comprehensive overview of resistance to psychiatry in the academy and in the community. Contributors include Simon Adam (University of Toronto), Rosemary Barnes University of Toronto, Peter Beresford (Brunel University), Bonnie Burstow (University of Toronto), Chris Chapman (York University), Mark Cresswell (Durham University), Shaindl Diamond (York University), Chava Finkler (Memorial University), Ambrose Kirby (therapist in private practice, Brenda A. LeFrancois (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Mick McKeown (University of Central Lancashire), Robert Menzies (Simon Fraser University), China Mills (Oxford University), Tina Minkowitz (World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry), Ian Parker (University of Leicester), Susan Schellenberg, Helen Spandler (University of Central Lancashire), and AJ Withers (York University). A courageous anthology, Psychiatry Disrupted is a timely work that asks compelling activist questions that no other book in the field touches. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bonnie Burstow , Brenda A. LeFrançois , Shaindl DiamondPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.445kg ISBN: 9780773543300ISBN 10: 0773543309 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 15 August 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPsychiatry 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 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 Author InformationBonnie 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 psychologist in Toronto, Ontario. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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