Psychiatry claims that mental disorders are like physical disorders and should be treated with chemicals called medication. A wave of opposition to this view argues that human behaviors and problems with living must not be labeled “mental disorders” in the absence of scientific or logical reasons to do so. In this book 60 practitioners and psychiatric survivors from around the world take a critical look at the pseudo-science of psychiatry.
Hearing Critical Voices includes interviews with Robert Whitaker, Joanna Moncrieff, Peter Breggin, Lois Holzman, James Gottstein, Jacqui Dillon, Sami Timimi, Bonnie Burstow, Gary Greenberg, Lucy Johnstone, Peter Kinderman, Eleanor Longden, and many more. Major sections include Deconstructing the Current Paradigm; Alternate Visions of Helping; Contemporary Alternative Practices; Survivor Peer Support, Recovery and Activism; and Children, Young Adults, and Families. This is the first book of interviews with 60 world-renowned alternative mental health experts.
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., is the author of 40+ books. His primary areas of interest are creativity, life purpose, meaning and mental health and his books include Life Purpose Boot Camp, The Life Purpose Diet, The Van Gogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety and The Future of Mental Health. He writes the Rethinking Mental Health blog for Psychology Today, the Coaching the Artist Within column for Professional Artist Magazine, and leads workshops at workshop centers like Esalen, Omega and Kripalu and in locations like New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Prague, Rome and Berlin. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and maintains an active coaching practice with clients from around the world.
Hearing Critical Voices includes interviews with Robert Whitaker, Joanna Moncrieff, Peter Breggin, Lois Holzman, James Gottstein, Jacqui Dillon, Sami Timimi, Bonnie Burstow, Gary Greenberg, Lucy Johnstone, Peter Kinderman, Eleanor Longden, and many more. Major sections include Deconstructing the Current Paradigm; Alternate Visions of Helping; Contemporary Alternative Practices; Survivor Peer Support, Recovery and Activism; and Children, Young Adults, and Families. This is the first book of interviews with 60 world-renowned alternative mental health experts.
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., is the author of 40+ books. His primary areas of interest are creativity, life purpose, meaning and mental health and his books include Life Purpose Boot Camp, The Life Purpose Diet, The Van Gogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety and The Future of Mental Health. He writes the Rethinking Mental Health blog for Psychology Today, the Coaching the Artist Within column for Professional Artist Magazine, and leads workshops at workshop centers like Esalen, Omega and Kripalu and in locations like New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Prague, Rome and Berlin. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and maintains an active coaching practice with clients from around the world.
