Mad World

The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)

De: Micha Frazer-Carroll

Narrado por: Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mental health affects us all, and yet it remains elusive as a concept.

Does getting a diagnosis help or hinder it? How is mental well-being, which is often incredibly personal, driven by widespread societal suffering? Can it be a social construct and real at the same time?

These are some of the big questions Micha Frazer-Carroll asks as she reveals mental health to be a political issue that needs deeper understanding beyond today’s 'awareness raising' campaigns.

Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability and broader liberation movements; alternative models of care; the relationship between art and mental health; law and the decarceration of mental health, Mad World is a radical and hopeful antidote to pathologization, gatekeeping and the policing of imagination.

©2023 Micha Frazer-Carroll (P)2023 Pluto Press

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Although some information is specific to the UK, I got a lot out of this book. The author succinctly summed up many stances I have regarding mental health and its treatment as both a person in the US with lived experience and a student of psychology.

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Required reading

Absolutely crucial perspective on a topic that is often uncomfortable for people to discuss, but which affects everyone every day everywhere. Grateful for this writing.