Thread of FREE introductory resources on Mad Pride, Mad Studies and the Anti-Psychiatry Movement https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes">
— Follow the numbers for a comprehensive course on the area, & check out the extras for alternative or supporting reads. If you’re only interested in the very bare basic stuff to get some familiarity with the topic, I’ve marked them up with stars.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">Approaching Mad & Disability Studies is absolutely essential for socialists, specially in the recent rise of interest on the politics of Abolition. We’re a very vulnerable group but with big revolutionary potential so I hope you’ll lend us an ear.
+ Cracked

An alternative to the previous two, it draws an accessible shortcut through the history & current state of the psychiatry. Not as throughout, but the writing is charismatic & might be a good fit for those who aren’t used to academic writing.

https://b-ok.lat/book/2085684/32a90f">https://b-ok.lat/book/2085...
+ Crazy Like Us

Complimentary to Decolonizing, this one investigates four case studies of psychiatric imperialism in a suprisingly captivating language. If you want to take your time diving into it, I’d recommend reading this one first.

https://b-ok.lat/book/1185326/6c8163">https://b-ok.lat/book/1185...
+ Psychiatry and the Business of Madness

A lighter alternative to above, this one is a passionate mix of scientific metanalysis, theory, & sociological documentation. I appreciate how directly it connects the reader to the survival movements too.

https://b-ok.lat/book/2945329/7430cc">https://b-ok.lat/book/2945...
5. Psychiatry Disrupted

A start on more advanced, integrative & especulative approaches if you’ve come this far & decided to apply Mad politics into your organizing of feminism, marxism, & anarchism.

https://b-ok.lat/book/2613114/cf301a">https://b-ok.lat/book/2613...
+ Doctors of Deception

A side-story on the history of ECT & its survivors, but can be used as a moment of reflection on the culture & industry of psychiatric treatment as a whole.

https://b-ok.lat/book/934520/3181ab">https://b-ok.lat/book/9345...
For those already familiar with Mad politics looking into Szasz helps to learn the history of the field as he was one of the first professionals to extensively critique psychiatry, but I don’t really endorse his libertarian praxis on the matter either.

https://b-ok.lat/g/Thomas%20Szasz">https://b-ok.lat/g/Thomas%...
An extra reading list for content on the entertainment and/or fiction side of Mad studies, possibly in constant update: https://twitter.com/schizogender/status/1275252694144425986?s=21">https://twitter.com/schizogen... https://twitter.com/schizogender/status/1275252694144425986">https://twitter.com/schizogen...
Material extra para brasileiros: https://twitter.com/schizogender/status/1275257748494712835?s=21">https://twitter.com/schizogen... https://twitter.com/schizogender/status/1275257748494712835">https://twitter.com/schizogen...
Keeping up-to-date with matters on madness & neurodiversity, as created by neurodivergent people:

Mad in America — @Mad_In_America
Recovery in the Bin — @RITB_
Autism Self-Advocacy Network — @autselfadvocacy
Asylum Magazine — @AsylumMagUK
Hearing Voices Network — @HVN_England
From here under I’ll be updating with shorter reads & news on the area as I come across there. If you or somebody you know is a complete noob on the topic of mental health politics, I suggest these for an ease-into it:
Report: Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia

An informative booklet that explains psychosis highlighting the approaches of self-advocacy & depathologization, specially for friends & professionals working with people experiencing it.

https://www.bps.org.uk/what-psychology/understanding-psychosis-and-schizophrenia">https://www.bps.org.uk/what-psyc...
Report: Understanding Bipolar Disorder

An informative booklet that explains altered mood states highlighting the approaches of self-advocacy & depathologization, specially for friends & professionals working with people experiencing it.

https://shop.bps.org.uk/understanding-bipolar-disorder">https://shop.bps.org.uk/understan...
Article: A critical analysis on the biomedical model of mental disorder

Objective compilation on why the popular ‘chemical imbalance’ theory is a myth, how it’s used as a capitalist marketing strategy, & why it’s harmful to mental health in society.

https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Deacon-biomedical-model-and-stigma-2013.pdf">https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-conten...
Manifest: What is “Nothing About Us Without Us”?

Why self-advocacy is essential in resisting psychiatric oppression of neurodiversity. Autism-specific, but ASAN has been a blueprint for many other movements of neurodivergent peoples across the world. https://go.shr.lc/2SPqLLU ">https://go.shr.lc/2SPqLLU&q...
Manifest: Nothing about us without us – ALL OF US

Why do we need to abolish the ‘personality disorder’ label? (PD self-diagnosis has become strangely popular among people outside the system, & this should shed some light on why that’s innappropriate too) …https://personalitydisorderinthebin.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/a-public-response-regarding-the-formation-of-a-pd-consensus/">https://personalitydisorderinthebin.wordpress.com/2016/12/0...
Article: No More Psychiatric Labels

A very condensed exposition on the case for abolition of psychiatric diagnosis

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S169726001400009X?token=144D0064873DCBD010A417A40D3BADBB506902245DC537AA1176E2E3DABA3751E89439A96C67724C449C48B84F8FC143">https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd...
Article: The biomedical model of mental disorder - A critical analysis of its validity, utility, and effects on psychotherapy research

Why the biomedical approach is unscientific & separating patients into diagnostic labels is detrimental for recovery.

https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Deacon-biomedical-model-and-stigma-2013.pdf">https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-conten...
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