Talking Back to Psychiatry: The Psychiatric Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement

by Linda J. Morrison

Linda Morrison brings the voices and issues of a little-known, complex social movement to the attention of sociologists, mental health professionals, and the general public. The members of this social movement work to gain voice for their own experience, to raise consciousness of injustice and inequality, to expose the darker side of psychiatry, and to promote alternatives for people in emotional distress. Talking Back toPsychiatry explores the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415973058
• ISBN13: 9780415973052
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"