We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model

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\n25 unflinching stories and essays from the front lines of the radical mental health movement<\/strong>\n<\/div>Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled \"mentally ill.\" While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternatives to the \"Mental Health Industrial Complex\" and shifting the conversation from mental illness to mental health.<\/div>