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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