Books
Selected books. Some books are also discussed on their own pages in this section. Please add others you think should go here in the comments. Also see the Booklists section.
Starter Kit
A small library of books to start with, pre-and post-2010 by @LauraDelano:
Memoir
Soul Survivor / Mary Maddock (2006)
Other, By Year
2007
Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs / Grace Jackson
2007 & 2014
2010
Anatomy of an Epidemic / Robert Whitaker -- See information on "Editorial Reviews" in this section. Key text.
A Straight-Talking Introduction to the Causes of Mental Health Problems / John Read @ReadReadJ and Pete Sanders @PeteSanders51 (and see others in the series).
2011
De-Medicalizing Misery / Joanna Moncrieff (Editor), Mark Rapley (Editor), Jacqui Dillon (Editor)
2012
Harm Reduction Guide / Will Hall (see attached page) -- key text.
Rethinking Madness / Paris Williams
2013
The Book of Woe / Gary Greenberg -- refers to DSM
The Bitterest Pills / Joanna Montcrieff -- "The Troubling Story of Antipsychotic Drugs": Member @CEP_UK
Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis / John Read (Editor), Jacqui Dillon (Editor)
Madness Contested: Power and Practice / Steven Coles, Sarah Keenan and Bob Diamond (Editorial team)
2014
Psychiatry in Context / Philip Thomas: Member @CEP_UK -- link is to UK Amazon.
A Straight-Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis / Lucy Johnstone.
The Body Keeps the Score / Bessel van der Kolk
2015
Psychiatry Under the Influence / Robert Whitaker & Lisa Cosgrove
Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting / Bonnie Burstow
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Please add your suggestions for this list in the comments. Thank you.
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