Revolt Against Psychiatry

Bonnie Burstow, PhD, is Professor of Adult Education and Community Development at OISE/University of Toronto, one of the world’s leading antipsychiatry theorists and activists, and author of such seminal works as Psychiatry and the Business of Madness.

• 1. Introduction to This Book and to This Project.- 2. “It Is All About Racism”: Dialogue with Indigenous Scholar and Activist Roland Chrisjohn.- 3. “Our Freedom of Speech over our Medical License”: Dialogue with The Conscience of Psychiatry"—Peter Breggin.- 4. Dialogue with Journalist Extraordinaire: Robert Whitaker.- 5. Dialogue with Survivor and Academic Lauren Tenney.- 6. On Berlin Runaway House: Dialogue with Wichera.- 7. Toward a Democratic Psychiatry? Dialogue with Ian Parker.- 8. “Activism Is My Real Job”: The Mad Movement in Chile Dialogue with Tatiana Castillo .- 9. “There Is No Place on This Planet for Psychiatry Period!”: Dialogue with Don Weitz.- 10. Autistic and Mad: Dialogue with Nick Walter.- 11. Dialogue with Indigenous Leader and Psych Survivor Michael.- 12. “This is Not a Time to Lie Low”: Dialogue with International Lawyer, Survivor, and Human Rights Advocate Tina Minkowitz.- 13. “I So Loved My Son that I Had to Promise Him that I Had Do Everything that I Could”: Dialogue with Mother and Archivist Julie Wood.- 14. Epistemicide: Dialogue with “Global Mental Health” Critic China Mills.- 15. “The Movement Is an Intrinsic Part of Who I Am”: Dialogue with Bonnie Burstow.

“The value of this book lies in its conversational style, the diversity of the interviewees, and a lively question-response format that invites the reader into the conversation. … I recommend The Revolt Against Psychiatry as a springboard for broader discussion on how we can counter the stranglehold of psychiatry.” (Susan Rosenthal, Mad in America, November 06, 2019)