Mad World - The Politics of Mental Health
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Mad World The Politics of Mental Health
by Micha Frazer-Carroll
When we hear about ‘mental health’ in popular culture, white, wealthy, ‘recovered’ voices are often at the forefront. But for years, outside of the mainstream, there has been political resistance to this representation. Take the anti-psychiatry and psychiatric survivor movements of the 60s and 70s – two campaigns (of many) that have attempted to connect the dots between our political, economic and social system, and individual suffering. They’ve also raised questions: do diagnoses always help, or can they actually be a hindrance? And how much of our mental wellbeing is driven by widespread societal suffering?
Writer Micha Frazer-Carroll continues to explore these complexities in her debut book, Mad World. Linking movements such as disability justice and abolitionism, it draws a thread between the historical context of psychiatry, diagnosis and resistance, with Frazer-Carroll asking us to think twice about what we think we know about mental health.
Mad World is an accessible and in-depth tool for thinking radically and politically about mental health in the 21st century. Here, we speak to Frazer-Carroll about the limits of ‘raising awareness’, the issues with prevailing attitudes towards diagnosis, and the ways in which mental health support could get better for us all.
by Micha Frazer-Carroll
When we hear about ‘mental health’ in popular culture, white, wealthy, ‘recovered’ voices are often at the forefront. But for years, outside of the mainstream, there has been political resistance to this representation. Take the anti-psychiatry and psychiatric survivor movements of the 60s and 70s – two campaigns (of many) that have attempted to connect the dots between our political, economic and social system, and individual suffering. They’ve also raised questions: do diagnoses always help, or can they actually be a hindrance? And how much of our mental wellbeing is driven by widespread societal suffering?
Writer Micha Frazer-Carroll continues to explore these complexities in her debut book, Mad World. Linking movements such as disability justice and abolitionism, it draws a thread between the historical context of psychiatry, diagnosis and resistance, with Frazer-Carroll asking us to think twice about what we think we know about mental health.
Mad World is an accessible and in-depth tool for thinking radically and politically about mental health in the 21st century. Here, we speak to Frazer-Carroll about the limits of ‘raising awareness’, the issues with prevailing attitudes towards diagnosis, and the ways in which mental health support could get better for us all.
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