From Psychiatric Patient to Citizen

LIZ SAYCE is Director of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Action Zone. She was formerly Policy Director for Mind (The National Association for Mental Health in the UK) and has written extensively on mental health issues. In the period August 1995-August 1996, she was based at the Bazelon Centre for Mental Health Law, Washington, on a Harkness Fellowship looking into anti-discrimination work in the US.

• Introduction A Dream of Inclusion Future Dreams, Future Nightmares The Illusion of Citizenship Models of Anti-Discrimination Work: The Brain Disease Model The Individual Growth Model The Libertarian Model The Disability Inclusion Model The Potential of Anti-Discrimination Law The Limits of the Law Public Debate, Political Action Influencing Public Attitudes Making Inclusion Happen at the Grassroots Conclusion References.

'This is a well written, 'tour de force' about how people with mental health problems might become more included in social and economic life, rather than marginalised and treated with suspicion.' - Disability and Society 'Liz Sayce offers a sensitive and helpful discussion of identity.' - Peter Beresford, Cambridge University Journal