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A fragile revolution : consumers and psychiatric survivors confront the power of the mental health system /
Investigates the complex relationship between ex-mental patients, the government, the mental health system, and mental health professionals. It also explores how changes in policy have affected that relationship, creating new tensions and new opportunities. Using qualitative interviews with prominen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Investigates the complex relationship between ex-mental patients, the government, the mental health system, and mental health professionals. It also explores how changes in policy have affected that relationship, creating new tensions and new opportunities. Using qualitative interviews with prominent consumer and survivor activists, Everett examines how consumers and survivors define themselves, how they define mental illness, and how their personal experience has been turned into political action. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585325901 9780585325903 0889203423 9780889203426 1280925299 9781280925290 |