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Mad Matters: A Critical Reader for Canadian Mad Studies Mad Matters: A Critical Reader for Canadian Mad Studies (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.23 — 61 ratings — published
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Searching for a Rose Garden: challenging psychiatry, fostering mad studies Searching for a Rose Garden: challenging psychiatry, fostering mad studies (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.03 — 32 ratings — published 2016
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Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,713 ratings — published 2002
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Psychiatry Disrupted: Theorizing Resistance and Crafting the (R)evolution Psychiatry Disrupted: Theorizing Resistance and Crafting the (R)evolution
by (shelved 8 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.44 — 32 ratings — published 2013
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Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)
by (shelved 7 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.34 — 966 ratings — published 2023
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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.08 — 15,026 ratings — published 1961
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The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.17 — 678 ratings — published 2010
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The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,673 ratings — published 1960
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Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability) Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
by (shelved 6 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.55 — 140 ratings — published 2010
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Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,364 ratings — published 2023
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How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity (Black Outdoors: Innovations in the Poetics of Study) How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity (Black Outdoors: Innovations in the Poetics of Study)
by (shelved 5 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.57 — 160 ratings — published 2021
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.12 — 21,129 ratings — published 2019
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On Our Own On Our Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.37 — 73 ratings — published 1978
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Women and Madness Women and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,022 ratings — published 1972
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Call Me Crazy: Stories from the Mad Movement Call Me Crazy: Stories from the Mad Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.74 — 19 ratings — published 1997
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The Routledge International Handbook of Mad Studies The Routledge International Handbook of Mad Studies (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published
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Black Madness :: Mad Blackness Black Madness :: Mad Blackness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.22 — 73 ratings — published 2019
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Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.44 — 235 ratings — published 2020
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Madness in Civilization: The Cultural History of Insanity Madness in Civilization: The Cultural History of Insanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.95 — 802 ratings — published 2015
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,596 ratings — published 2010
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a Mad turn: anti-methods of Mad studies a Mad turn: anti-methods of Mad studies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published
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Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,291 ratings — published 2021
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Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,552 ratings — published 2009
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.06 — 88,253 ratings — published 1995
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The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,845 ratings — published 1961
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Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.37 — 62 ratings — published
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Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,363 ratings — published 2013
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 243,713 ratings — published 2012
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The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.95 — 160,311 ratings — published 2011
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Ten Days in a Mad-House Ten Days in a Mad-House
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.86 — 27,050 ratings — published 1887
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Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.43 — 77 ratings — published 2014
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Girl, Interrupted Girl, Interrupted (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.95 — 293,398 ratings — published 1993
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Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.63 — 30 ratings — published 2002
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Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis (paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.46 — 57 ratings — published 2019
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Suicide: A Study in Sociology Suicide: A Study in Sociology (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.86 — 4,752 ratings — published 1897
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Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Mad Studies: The Basics Mad Studies: The Basics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published
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Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 20 ratings — published
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Autism Is Not A Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity Autism Is Not A Disease: The Politics of Neurodiversity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 340 ratings — published
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Tinfoil Hats: Stories by Mad People in an Insane World Tinfoil Hats: Stories by Mad People in an Insane World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published
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Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.19 — 21 ratings — published 2015
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Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.45 — 238 ratings — published 1992
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Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 482 ratings — published
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Politics of the Mind: Marxism and Mental Distress Politics of the Mind: Marxism and Mental Distress (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.00 — 119 ratings — published 2017
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The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.66 — 751 ratings — published 2013
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The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 3.65 — 12,848 ratings — published 2019
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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,088 ratings — published 2019
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The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture 1830-1980 The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture 1830-1980 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mad-studies)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,008 ratings — published 1985
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The Politics of Experience/The Bird of Paradise The Politics of Experience/The Bird of Paradise (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,169 ratings — published 1967
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Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published
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