In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote:"" An important new movement is sweeping
through the western world.... The'mad,'the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums …

Now going into its seventh edition, Neil Thompson's Anti-Discriminatory Practice has been
providing a trusted introduction to the challenges of promoting social justice and equality for …

Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor of Crime, Law, and Society in the Department of Criminal
Justice, University of North Carolina–Charlotte. He holds additional faculty appointments in …

A basic premise of this book is that contemporary western societies are characterized by
inequality. For those of us involved in working with people and their problems, this presents …

This second edition of Models of Madness challenges the simplistic, pessimistic and often
damaging theories and treatments of the 'medical model'of madness. Psychiatric diagnoses …

The leadership of people with lived experience of mental health problems is
underdeveloped, when it comes to leadership in one's own recovery, at the service level …

As the failings of neo-liberalism have recently been revealed through the collapse of much
of the banking and financial services sector, it seems an opportune time to think about the …

In this article, we examine the different ways in which Thomas Szasz and Michel Foucault
have challenged dominant perspectives within psychiatry. We identify, analyze, and …

The new edition of this successful text builds on the very latest research to present an
original and unique exploration of the psychology of both spirituality and psychosis. The …

The overall aim of the book is to provide a clearly written, wellinformed introduction to the
complex and demanding subject of grief to serve as a foundation for further study and …