{"product_id":"mad-world-micha-frazer-carroll-9780745346717","title":"Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Dazed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exposes the underlying truth that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with our wellbeing, and teaches us how to transform the ways we understand madness, illness, and disability to build a better world' \u003c\/b\u003eBeatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of \u003ci\u003eHealth Communism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mental health is a political issue, but we often discuss it as a personal one. How is the current mental health crisis connected to capitalism, racism and other social issues? In a different world, how might we transform the ways that we think about mental health, diagnosis and treatment? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These are some of the big questions Micha Frazer-Carroll asks as she reveals mental health to be an urgent political concern that needs deeper understanding beyond today's 'awareness-raising' campaigns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of care; \u003ci\u003eMad World\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical and hopeful antidote to pathologisation, gatekeeping and the policing of imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMicha Frazer-Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist at the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e. Micha has written for \u003ci\u003eVogue, HuffPost, Huck, gal-dem \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Dazed.\u003c\/i\u003e She was nominated for the Comment Awards' Fresh New Voice of the Year Award, and the Observer\/Anthony Burgess Award for Arts Criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micha Frazer-Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745346715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745346717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Micha Frazer-Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074480992511,"sku":"9780745346717","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdfd9108-df41-4d2d-b6f6-43d7b7eeeaf7.jpg?v=1685453990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mad-world-micha-frazer-carroll-9780745346717","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}