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Some Recommended Readings.....
Some Books....
Giving Up 'Mental Illness' Or How To Be "Normal" In A Crazy World by Jasenn Zaejian, Ph.D., 1998, Kroshka Books, Division of Nova Science Publishers
The Politics of Experience by R.D. Laing, 1967 Pantheon R.D. Laing is at his most wickedly iconoclastic in this eloquent assault on conventional morality. Unorthodox to some, brilliantly original to others, The Politics of Experience goes beyond the usual theories of mental illness and alienation, and makes a convincing case for the "madness of morality."
Pastoral Care and Liberation Theology by Stephen Pattison 1994 Cambridge University Press Pastoral care in the Northern hemisphere has focused traditionally on the well-being of individuals, and has tended to ignore the social order of which they are a part. In this pioneering book, Stephen Pattison draws on the methods and insights of Latin American Liberation Theology in order to challenge such narrow individualism, which is blind to matters of inequality and injustice that engendr and perpetuate avoidable human suffering.
Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs & Mental Health by Elliott Valenstein, Ph.D., 1998 Free Press This book is suggested as "fantastic and without doubt one that should be required reading for every psychiatric resident."
This is Madness: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services edited by Craig Newnes, Guy Holmes and Cailzie Dunn, 1999, PCCS Books This book is a natural successor to David Cohen's 'Challenging the Therapeutic State' and offers a highly critical perspective on the state of psychiatry, accompanied by a vision of user-led services.
Your Drug May Be Your Problem, Peter R. Breggin, David Cohen, 1999, Perseus Books Well over ten million Americans are prescribed a psychiatric medication annually, for symptoms as varied as headache and insomnia to depression and various psychiatric disorders. Unbelievably, many of these drugs have not been formally tested to treat the problems for which they have been prescribed. Breggin and Cohen advocate compassionate and non-toxic therapies, and offer readers a roadmap for sensible, safe withdrawal from psychiatric drugs.
An Unquiet Mind, Kay Jamison Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist, turned a mirror on the creativity so often associated with mental illness. In this book she turns that mirror on herself. With breathtaking honesty she tells of her own manic depression, the bitter costs of her illness, and its paradoxical benefits.
Touched with Fire, Kay Jamison The march of science in explaining human nature continues. In Touched With Fire, Jamison marshals a tremendous amount of evidence for the proposition that most artistic geniuses were (and are) manic depressives. This is a book of interest to scientists, psychologists, and artists struggling with the age-old question of whether psychological suffering is an essential component of artistic creativity. Anyone reading this book closely will be forced to conclude that it is.
Natural Healng for Schizophrenia and Other Common Mental Disorders,Eva Edelman Covers the role played by nutrition and other environmental/biochemical factors in schizophrenia, depression, addictions, anxiety, and other "mental" disorders.
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