Affiliated Websites & Allies

 

• The Consumer/Survivor Resource Centre.  http://www.csinfo.ca/bulletin.php

• The Empowerment Council. http://www.empowermentcouncil.ca (Lucy Costa)

• The Icarus Project. http://theicarusproject.net

• Recovery Network: Toronto.  www.recoverynet.ca (Kevin Healey)

• The Secret Handshake (Peer Support). http://www.thesecrethandshake.ca

 

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Learning Resources & Suggested Reading

 

 

• “Introducing Mad People’s History” by David Reville:

• “The Myth of ‘Normal’” by Dr. Gabor Maté:

• “Presenting the consumer/survivor/ex-patient Movement” by David Reville:

• “Sanism” by Jennifer Poole:

• Toxic Culture by Dr. Gabor Maté:

• “Why Mental Health is Political” by Shon Faye:

 

          

 

Suggested Further Reading

1. ‘Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill’ by Robert Whitaker, 2001.
2. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason, by Michel Foucault, 1964.
3. Moving Beyond Prozac, DSM, and the New Psychiatry: The Birth of Postpsychiatry by Bradley Lewis, 2006.
4.   The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct by Thomas Szasz, 1961.