Mad World - The Politics of Mental Health

'A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health' DazedMental health is a political issue, but we often discuss it as a personal one. How is the current mental health crisis connected to capitalism, racism and other social issues? In a different world, how might we transform the ways that we think about mental health, diagnosis and treatment?These are some of the big questions Micha Frazer-Carroll asks as she reveals mental health to be an urgent political concern that needs deeper understanding beyond today's 'awareness-raising' campaigns.Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of care; Mad World is a radical and hopeful antidote to pathologisation, gatekeeping and the policing of imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Micha Frazer-Carroll
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9780745346717
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4671-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Outspoken by Pluto
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Political activism, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Care of the mentally ill, Care of people with mental health issues, HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health, Coping with / advice about mental health issues, Political activism / Political engagement