{"product_id":"mad-world-the-politics-of-mental-health-paperback","title":"Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMicha Frazer-Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMental health affects us all, and yet it remains elusive as a concept. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Does getting a diagnosis help or hinder it? How is mental well-being, which is often incredibly personal, driven by widespread societal suffering? Can it be a social construct and real at the same time? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are some of the big questions Micha Frazer-Carroll asks as she reveals mental health to be a political issue that needs deeper understanding beyond today's 'awareness raising' campaigns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability and broader liberation movements; alternative models of care; the relationship between art and mental health; law and the decarceration of mental health, Mad World is a radical and hopeful antidote to pathologization, gatekeeping and the policing of imagination.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicha Frazer-Carroll is a columnist at the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e. She has previously edited for gal-dem, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlueprint\u003c\/i\u003e, a mental health magazine that she founded. Micha has also written for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, HuffPost, Huck and Dazed. She was nominated for the Comment Awards' Fresh New Voice of the Year Award, and the Observer\/Anthony Burgess Award for Arts Criticism. She is invested in using journalism to challenge systems of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755611160864,"sku":"9780745346717","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab7fbb6452e6f50f12234a8c8cbfe7f5.webp?v=1780063576","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mad-world-the-politics-of-mental-health-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}