Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness reveals the human side of mental illness. In this remarkable collection of interviews and essays, therapist, Madness Radio host, and schizophrenia survivor Will Hall asks, “What does it mean to be called crazy in a crazy world?”
More than 60 voices of psychiatric patients, scientists, journalists, doctors, activists, and artists create a vital new conversation about empowering the human spirit. Outside Mental Health invites us to rethink what we know about bipolar, psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, medications, and mental illness in society.
Interviews include:
Gary Greenberg, Bonfire Madigan, Robert Whitaker, Eleanor Longden, John Horgan, Alisha Ali, Christopher Lane, Clare Shaw, Ethan Watters, Paula Caplan, Jonathan Metzl, Jacks McNamara, Tim Wise, Kalle Lasn, Arnold Mindell, and dozens more…
"A vital and vibrant collection. Required reading for anyone who cares deeply about mental health and its discontents."
-- Jonathan Metzl MD
Author of The Protest Psychosis: Black Politics and Schizophrenia
"This is a brilliant book… Nicely written, and wonderfully grand and big-hearted in its exploration of the world of mental health and much more. Remarkable in scope, Outside Mental Health delves into autobiography, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and spirituality. Will Hall elevates the radio interview format into an art."
Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of An Epidemic
"Will Hall’s Madness Radio has long been for many a refuge and an oasis from the overblown claims and corporate interests of American psychiatry and Big Pharma. This collection of interviews and writings—bold, fearless, and compellingly readable—captures Madness Radio’s importance and fierce independence, urging us to think differently and anew about the “thought disorders” involved in illness and wellness, sanity and recovery. Required reading."
Christopher Lane, author of Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness
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