On our own
patient-controlled alternatives to the mental health system
1st McGraw-Hill pbk. ed.
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Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveonourownpatientc0000cham
- ISBN-100070104514
- ISBN-139780070104518
- WikidataQ23887093
- Goodreads3450651
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- Library of Congress Control Number78020776
- OCLC Control Number505746144
- Better World BooksP8-CFP-945
- Open LibraryOL4732132M
Classifications
- DDC362.2/04/25
- LCCRA790 .C56 1979
Alternate Titles
- Patient-controlled alternatives to the mental health system.
Description
This is a book about psychiatry and alternatives to it, written from a patient's point of view. For too long, mental patients have been faceless, voiceless people. We have been thought of, at worst, as subhuman monsters, or, at best, as pathetic cripples, who might be able to hold down menial jobs and eke out meagre existences, given constant professional support. Not only have others thought of us in this stereotyped way, we have believed it of ourselves. It is only in this decade, with the emergence and growth of the mental patients' liberation movement, that we ex-patients have begun to shake off this distorted image and to see ourselves for what we are- a diverse group of people, with strengths and weaknesses, abilities and needs, and ideas of our own. Our ideas about our "care" and "treatment" at the hands of psychiatry, about the nature of "mental illness," and about new and better ways to deal with (and truly to help) people undergoing emotional crises differ drastically from those of mental health professionals.
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