{"product_id":"weve-been-too-patient-voices-from-radical-mental-health-stories-and-research-challenging-the-biomedical-model-paperback","title":"We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. D. Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKelechi Ubozoh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25 unflinching stories and essays from the front lines of the radical mental health movement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOvermedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled \"mentally ill.\" While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternatives to the \"Mental Health Industrial Complex\" and shifting the conversation from mental illness to mental health.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. D. Green \u003c\/b\u003e(they\/them) is a queer and nonbinary writer, performer, college educator, and mental health advocate living in Richmond, California. Their work has been published on \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, The Body is Not an Apology, \u003ci\u003eTruthout\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eSinister Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFoglifter\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. They have been featured at dozens of reading series, slams, showcases, and workshops in schools, colleges, and open mics locally and across the country. As a playwright and writer\/performer, they have had their work performed at multiple local and national theater festivals including the National Queer Arts festival as well as the San Francisco Fringe Festival. L. D. received their BA from Vassar College and their MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College, and they were a 2010 Lambda Literary Fellow in Fiction. They attended Tin House Writers' Workshop in 2012 and were a Catwalk Artist in Residence in 2013. They are a professor of English and Creative Writing at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California, and were an active member of the Bay Area chapter of The Icarus Project from 2009-2011. L. D. writes poetry, plays, screenplays, fiction, and nonfiction. Their chapbook of poetry and creative nonfiction is forthcoming from Nomadic Press. For more information visit, www.ldgreen.org. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKELECHI UBOZOH\u003c\/b\u003e is a Nigerian-American writer, mental health advocate, and public speaker. She is the first undergraduate ever published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her story of recovery is featured in \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and the documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe S Word\u003c\/i\u003e, which follows the lives of suicide attempt survivors (now on Amazon Prime). She has appeared on \u003ci\u003eCBS This Morning with Gayle King, \u003c\/i\u003e and has presented at Cornell and Yale. Ubozoh previously supervised mental health programs and led communication operations at a mental health nonprofit organization. Currently, she is a consultant and works with communities on system transformation. When she isn't working, she enjoys writing poetry and performing. Ubozoh's work is published in\u003ci\u003e Argot Magazine, Multiplicity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEndangered Species, Enduring Values, \u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming anthology \u003ci\u003eTrauma, Tresses, \u0026amp; Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2021 she was named a Mental Health Champion by the Steinberg Institute. For more information, visit kelechiubozoh.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770581680416,"sku":"9781623173616","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c33cac4176cedf623ec82447dcf758d4.webp?v=1780374374","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/weve-been-too-patient-voices-from-radical-mental-health-stories-and-research-challenging-the-biomedical-model-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}