Review of Burstow (Ed.), Psychiatry Interrogated: An Institutional Ethnography Anthology (2016).

Authors

  • Matthew S. Johnston Carleton University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v7i1.406

Abstract

This volume interrogates the psychiatric apparatus with an evidentiary scorn and authority that demands accountability and an apologetic response. This scathing indictment of psy-professionals who mobilized psychiatric knowledge and practices to degrade, torture, and gravely harm others will serve to (1) educate skeptics; (2) bolster activism and solidarity in the Mad Movement; (3) vindicate survivors of psychiatric violence and coercion who often experience their suffering and struggle in a void of isolation; (4) provide hope to the many disgruntled professionals working in the mental health field who question their assumed role in helping people; and (5) draw ferocious critique from countless agents who wholeheartedly defend the idea that psychiatry can/will/does help/treat/cure sickly people, whether with complete, partial, or entirely without our consent.
The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies

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Published

2018-03-29

How to Cite

Johnston, M. S. (2018). Review of Burstow (Ed.), Psychiatry Interrogated: An Institutional Ethnography Anthology (2016). Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 7(1), 126–139. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v7i1.406

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018)

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Reviews

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