The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement -- From sick role to social movement -- Negotiating activist and researcher roles -- The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement -- Resistant identities -- Talking back through the larger movement -- The politics of identity, power and knowledge
Summary
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 to Psychiatry explores the movement's history, its complex membership, its strategies and goals, and the varied response it has received from psychiatry, polic
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index
