Why are you mad?
Subtitle: the first significant advance in our understanding of mental illness since we abandoned demon possession
By: Crawford Harris
Publisher: Stand Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780979451812; 9780979451805; 9780979451829
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Mental illness; Discrimination against the mentally ill; Psychotropic drugs; Side effects; Mentally Ill Persons; Social Stigma; Mental Disorders; Drug therpy; Therapeutics; Adverse effects
Other titles: First significant advance in our understanding of mental illness since we abandoned demon possession
Description: "Mr. Harris describes his experience, like Beers, of living with a severe mental disorder. He has found that the social institutions and the professionals who staff them do not understand the phenomena and do not have effective treatments. In fact, he finds that the treatments are often dangerous and harmful. His mission in this book is to advocate for a different way of conceptualizing the nature of such conditions and for empowering the persons directly affected by them to take some initiatives and to do something about the situation" --
Table of contents: title: Are you going to China?; title: Sticks and stones; title: Taking it personally; title: Let's get something straight; title: Is the Earth flat?; title: Trick or treat?; title: Sweet little lies; title: More little lies; title: The universe weighs three pounds; title: Wake up; title: Say what?; title: Do unto me; title: Penny wise and pound foolish; title: A bitter pill; title: Requiem; title: Don't [crossed out] try this at home.