Slow Psychiatry - Human Rights and Democratic Mental Health

Slow Psychiatry analyses the way in which the industrial model of mental health is currently organized and suggests a counterculture to allow for deeper psychiatry.

List of contents

Foreword 1. Towards the Democratization of Psychiatry 2. Towards the Democratization of Mental Health Policies 3. Towards the Democratization of Relationships 4. Towards the Democratization of Society 5. Clinical Illustration

About the author

João G. Pereira is the research and development director at Romao de Sousa Foundation in Portugal and an academic lecturer at Metanoia Institute in London in research and doctoral programmes. He is the president of the International Community for Democratic and Relational Practices (formerly INDTC) and has contributed to developing dialogic practices in several contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Joao G Pereira, João G Pereira
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032975702
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3297570-2
• No. of pages: 46
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Mental health services