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.

Info autore

Micha Frazer-Carroll is a columnist at the Independent. She has previously edited for gal-dem, the Guardian and Blueprint, a mental health magazine that she founded. Micha has also written for Vogue, HuffPost, Huck and Dazed. She was nominated for the Comment Awards’ Fresh New Voice of the Year Award, and the Observer/Anthony Burgess Award for Arts Criticism. She is invested in using journalism to challenge systems of power.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Micha Frazer-Carroll
• Editore: Pluto
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9780745346717
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4671-7
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 196 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Outspoken by Pluto
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 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