An Unquiet Mind: a Memoir of Moods and Madness

Devil's Dictionary

There is growing recognition that psychiatric consumer, survivor or ex-patient perspectives are not well-integrated into disability studies work and academic discourse more generally While limited debate has focused on whether the preferred next step is an independent ‘mad studies’ discourse or a disability studies framework more inclusive of c/s/x voices, the broader consequences of this absence have been largely overlooked The purpose of this review is to highlight three major consequences of the absence of c/s/x voices in US academics: The (1) relatively greater biomedicalization and (2) clinical professionalization of psychiatric disability compared with other forms of disability, and (3) barriers and obstacles to training and advancement in academia for doctoral students and faculty with psychiatric disabilities Keywords: consumer/survivor movement, disability studies, activist scholarship, disability in higher education

The Absence of Psychiatric C/S/X Perspectives in Academic Discourse: Consequences and Implications

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

Psychiatry and the cinema

This article examines the relationships between antipsychiatric activism and feminism, paying particular attention to the civil liberties of mental health consumer/survivor/expatient (c/s/x) individuals in relation to mental health practices. It argues that a continually rigorous exploration of the complex (and at times uneasy) relationships between antipsychiatric activism, feminism and mental health practice is necessary and useful for pursuing social justice by working toward the diminishment of mental health inequalities. The article includes an overview of the ‘spectrum’ of antipsychiatric stances and a review of some of the literature covering the relationship between antipsychiatry and feminism, and uses cinematic and literary examples to highlight the complexity of addressing issues like medication ‘compliance’ and ‘non‐compliance’ among mental health users and consumers in biomedical contexts.

Antipsychiatric activism and feminism: the use of film and text to question biomedicine

This article examines political ideology and its implications as a newer diversity variable within social work education. Responding to internal assessments and external critiques of social work education, the dynamics of how diverse political ideologies might manifest in 5 core course concentrations—human behavior in the social environment, research, practice, field education, and policy—are highlighted. The authors offer a series of critical questions, a typology for addressing political ideology, and a set of educational guidelines to assist educators, administrators, and students as they grapple with attending to political diversity in a variety of social work classrooms.

The Place of Political Diversity within the Social Work Classroom.

Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) is an ideal location in which graduate social work students can enhance their critical reflection and writing skills while integrating social work theories with practice, research, and policy. A writing-intensive, learner-centered model using specific strategies is described via a framework of critical pedagogy. In addition to its application within HBSE, this model can be adapted across the social work curriculum. The article is situated within ongoing debates concerning the relevance of social constructionism and postmodernism to social work.

Enhancing Critical Reflection and Writing Skills in the HBSE Classroom and Beyond

What are some of the implications of the various ways in which contemporary allopathic medicine is presumably ‘treating’ or aiming to ‘prevent’ the development of certain mental health ‘concerns’, often labeled ‘illnesses’? In this essay the co‐authors adopt the position that ‘mainstream’ medicine seems to be taking some dangerous turns and that these turns have serious potential consequences for human variance and diversity. The authors believe that genetic testing and medication for bipolar disorder are problematic illustrations of the ways in which a ‘brave new world’ is now being foreshadowed and, unfortunately, will perhaps be realized in the near future. In order to frame our discussion, we incorporate close readings of literary and cinematic texts. The essay is situated by a discussion regarding ‘mentalism’ and the consumer/survivor/ex‐patient rights and disability rights movements. Specific implications for the fields of social work, rehabilitation and mental health practice are discussed.

Mentalism, disability rights and modern eugenics in a 'brave new world'

How can social work educators identify what constitutes social justice as a practice, as a social work stance? How can we teach our students to recognize this stance, to work toward it, to practice it, and to live it? Symbolic interactionist Erving Goffman's concepts of keys and keying, as underscored in his work Frame Analysis, provide useful tools for helping students to recognize the value of social justice within social work educational encounters and to apply this value when they enter the field. The concepts of keys and keying can also help programs to assess and amplify their commitments to social justice.

Diane R. Wiener

Papers

Antipsychiatric activism and feminism: the use of film and text to question biomedicine

The Place of Political Diversity within the Social Work Classroom.

Enhancing Critical Reflection and Writing Skills in the HBSE Classroom and Beyond

Mentalism, disability rights and modern eugenics in a 'brave new world'

Unlocking Doors: Providing MSW Programs and Students with Educational “Keys” to Social Justice