Why are you mad?

By Crawford Harris

Subjects: Therapeutics, Side effects, Discrimination against the mentally ill, Mental illness, Psychotropic drugs, Drug therpy, Adverse effects, Mentally Ill Persons, Mental Disorders, Social Stigma

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" --