Research Catalog

Title

Madness, heresy, and the rumor of angels : the revolt against the mental health system / Seth Farber.

Author

Farber, Seth, 1951-

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, c1993.

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Details

Description

xviii, 266 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Antipsychiatry
• Clinical Competence
• Ex-mental patients > Case studies
• Mental Disorders > therapy
• Psychiatry
• Psychotherapy patients > Abuse of

Genre/Form

• Case Reports
• Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Thomas Szasz -- pt. I. Lunatics, Lovers, and Poets -- pt. II. Heretics, Apostates, and Infidels. 9. Critics of the Concept of Mental Illness. 10. Rejecting 'Mental Illness': An Interview with James Mancuso. 11. Psychiatry and Social Control: An Interview with Ron Leifer. 12. Getting Off Psychiatric Drugs: An Interview with Ron Leifer -- pt. III. In Revolt Against the System. 13. To Break the Silence: George Ebert Speaks. 14. From Victim to Revolutionary: An Interview with Leonard Frank -- Appendix 1: Required Reading for Revolters -- Appendix 2: Why Deinstitutionalization Failed -- Appendix 3: The Network Against Coercive Psychiatry.

ISBN

• 0812691997
• 0812692004 (paper)

LCCN

^^^93001276^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library