Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis
"Every page of this book was exciting to me . . . This book should be a part of the training of every physician, psychiatrist, and pastoral counselor, and owned by the family and friends of every mentally ill person as well as the sufferers themselves." - Joanne Greenberg, bestselling author ofI Never Promised You a Rose Garden"A book of profound illumination both for the scholar and the person struggling for his or her psychical life.  I highly recommend this book to all those who are touched by the psychotic experience, which really means all of us--and to find out why, just read this book!" - Kirk Schneider, Ph.D., author ofAwakening to Awe"Deceptively easy to understand, yet thought provoking and challenging, his work offers plausible reasons to overcome the too simple historical medical approaches that ignore the richness of the human experience and the positive potential inherent in one's journey through madness." - Ronald Bassman, Ph.D., author ofA Fight to Be"In a clear manner, Dr. Williams lays out the evidence for a 'paradigm shift' in our thinking that, at its core, would offer people who experience madness both hope and the knowledge that robust recovery is possible, and, with the right support, quite common." - Robert Whitaker, author ofMad in AmericaandAnatomy of an Epidemic"Rethinking Madnessprovides not only a compelling critique of the pessimistic and damaging 'medical model' that has dominated mental health services and research for far too long, it offers some hopeful alternatives." - John Read, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Editor ofModels of Madnessand the scientific journalPsychosis