Description
Topical Issue given increasing emphasis on mental health in government policies, health services and public preoccupation with therapy and it's efficacy
Author re-knowned for his work in sociology theory relating to social movements and anti-psychiatry and is currently working on a new theoretical model
This book draws together extensive research into psychiatric survivor movements with new insights, making it invaluable reading for students of mental health and social movements in health
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Mental Health Field 3. Power, Strain and Social Movement 4. Mental Hygiene and Mental Health Politics in the 1950s 5. Anti-Psychiatry and Civil Rights 6. Patients and Survivors 7. Panic, Backlash and Counter-Backlash 8. Power and Resistance
