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)   

The Dark Threads / Jean Davison (2013)

 
Other, By Year

2007

Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs / Grace Jackson

2007 & 2014
 
Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry -- ed. Peter Stastny and  Peter Lehmann -- key text.
 
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.
  
Psychosis as a Personal Crisis / ed. Marius Romme and Sandra Escher

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 PracticeSteven Coles, Sarah Keenan and Bob Diamond (Editorial team) 

2014
 
My Age of Anxiety / Simon Stossel

Psychiatry in Context / Philip Thomas: Member @CEP_UK -- link is to UK Amazon.

The New Laws of Psychology  / Peter Kinderman: Member @CEP_UK

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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