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Madness, Heresy, and the Rumor of Angels : the Revolt Against the Mental Health System by Farber, Seth, 1951- is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Madness, Heresy, and the Rumor of Angels : the Revolt Against the Mental Health System about?

<p><p>This is a collection of seven true stories of individuals insulted and injured by the mental health system, individuals who then fought back, broke free, and rebuilt their lives. Madness, Heresy, and the Rumor of Angels is a work in the tradition of Thomas Szasz, R. D. Laing, and Erving Goffman, a challenge to the delusional belief-system known as psychiatry, and a protest against its appalling crimes.<p></p> <h3>BookList</h3> <p>Farber tells of six women and one man who saved themselves from the clutches of the mental health system. Each had been told the prognosis was very bad and that lifelong medication would be needed. Farber's presentation alternates between any one patient's account and statements by the mental health staff involved in order to underline the latter's twisting of events in the former's life to fit the patient into an accepted psychiatric mold. Farber shows that external factors were routinely ignored and that patients were not treated in a therapeutic manner, found no hospitality in institutions, and received no help in overcoming their problems. Devoting about half the book to interviews with fellow objectors, he argues against both the psychoanalytic

Author

Farber, Seth, 1951-

Publisher

Open Court Publishing Company

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812692006

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Medicine