Writes psychologist and theorist Philip Hickey, "This book is a major milestone in the antipsychiatry effort, and stands
as a monumental challenge to psychiatry's continued existence as a
branch of medicine."
What every author holds their breath for--the first review of Psychiatry and the Business of Madness is out--and it's a ringing endorsment.
Another memorable statements from Hickey? Normally when I write a book review, I include some quotes from the work
to enable readers to judge for themselves the quality and content of
the material. With Psychiatry and the Business of Madness, however, this presented a problem, in that virtually every one of the 264 pages of text contains eminently quotable material.
For Hickey's full review of the book, see his review in Mad in America
What is the BizOMadness Blog?
This blog is devoted to raising critical awareness of psychiatry generally. It is likewise devoted to the antipsychiatry research projects, publications, and related activities of Dr. Bonnie Burstow. Especially foregrounded are The Psychiatry Project, The Madness Project, and "Psychiatry and the Business of Madness". Related to one another, The Psychiatry Project and The Madness Project involve hundreds of interviews, a dozen focus groups, analysis of several hundred documents and their activation, and dedicated periods of institutional observation. The culmination of both as well as of decades of related interviews and activities is "Psychiatry and the Business of Madness" (timely updates on its publication will be provided)--a cutting edge book in which psychiatry is investigated from multiple angles and which begins to tackle the inevitable question: So if we get rid of psychiatry, where do we go from there?
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