mental health, critical pedagogy. medicalisation, context-informed practice, advocacy, Mad Studies
This inspiring book showcases pioneering projects that offer user-centred, non-medical, context- and trauma-informed ways of
helping people experiencing mental distress and crisis. Some are
located inside mainstream services and seek to influence change
from within; others regard their separation from the mainstream as
essential in order to be able to practise according to their principles
and values. These seek to influence by example, from the outside. In
a final section, the book looks at wider work to challenge attitudes
and influences that block the move towards humane, human rights-based practices.