Madness, Heresy, and the Rumor of Angels:
The Revolt Against the
Mental Health System

Author: Seth Farber
Publication Date: June 1993
Publisher: Open Court
Format: Trade Paper
ISBN: 0812692004

“Here is the work of a doctor of psychology, introduced by a doctor of psychiatry — the great Thomas Szasz himself — which finally reveals that the phenomenon called 'mental illness' is actually human suffering during crisis.”

— Kate Millett

Table of Contents

• Foreword by Thomas Szasz

• Preface

• Introduction

Part I — Lunatics, Lovers, and Poets

1. Ellen’s Story

2. Kristin’s Story

3. Cheryl’s Story

4. Ruby’s Story

5. Barbara’s Story

6. Angela’s Story

7. David’s Story

8. Beating the System

Part II — Heretics, Apostates, and Infidels

9. Critics of the Concept of Mental Illness

10. Rejecting ‘Mental Illness’: An Interview with James Mancuso

11. Psychiatry and Social Control: An Interview with Ron Leifer

12. Getting Off Psychiatric Drugs: An Interview with Ron Leifer

Part III — In Revolt Against the System

13. To Break the Silence: George Ebert Speaks

14. From Victim to Revolutionary: An Interview with Leonard Frank

Appendixes

• Appendix 1 — Required Reading for Revolters

• Appendix 2 — Why Deinstitutionalization Failed

• Appendix 3 — The Network Against Coercive Psychiatry

• Index

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