"By drawing broadly on international thinking and experience, this book offers a critical exploration of Mad Studies and advances its theory and practice. Comprised of 34 chapters written by international leading experts, activists and academics, this handbook introduces and adv…
"'I am not saying that there is a radical need to go mad but that madness is one desperate expression of a radical need for ... change.' This remark by David Cooper is indicative of his study of the language of madness. To go mad because there is nowhere else to go is to use tha…
Over the last forty years, there have been numerous attempts to critique the theory and practice of mental health care. Taking its lead from anti-psychiatry, Critical Perspectives on Mental Health seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of mainstream mental health ideologies an…
Critical perspectives on mental health
by ProQuest (Firm), Coppock, Vicki, Hopton, John