""The Lives They Left Behind" is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylumthe sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives. Darby Penney and Peter Stastny s careful historical (almost archaeological) and biographic ..."
The Lives They Left Behind Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Darby Penney, PeterStastny, Alex Paul Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Sacd, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9416-8, ISBN: 1-5226-9416-1
"More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients' belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. They are skillfully examined here and compared to the written record to create a moving―and devastating―group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care."
"Broschiertes BuchThe great book of alternatives to psychiatry around the world. (Ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry, therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists and relatives report about their alternative work, their successes, their individual and collective experiences. The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, current possibilities of self-help for individuals experiencing madness, and strategies toward implem ..."
" “The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum--the sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives. Darby Penney and Peter Stastny's careful historical (almost archaeological) and bio ..."
"The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, possibilities of self-help for individuals experiencing madness, and strategies toward implementing humane treatment"--Provided by publisher"
" The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum the sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives. Darby Penney and Peter Stastny's careful historical (almost archaeological) and biograph ..."
"Winner of Medical Journalists’ Association Specialist Readership Award 2010 Recovery is widely endorsed as a guiding principle of mental health policy. Recovery brings new rules for services, e.g. user involvement and person-centred care, as well as new tools for clinical collaborations, e.g. shared decision making and psychiatric advance directives. These developments are complemented by new proposals regarding more ethically consiste ..."
"Broschiertes BuchPsychiatriebetroffene, TherapeutInnen, SozialwissenschaftlerInnen, JuristInnen, PsychiaterInnen und Angehörige von allen Kontinenten berichten von ihrer alternativen Arbeit, ihren Zielen, Erfahrungen und Erfolgen. Das Buch reflektiert die aktuellen Ansätze von Selbsthilfe und Alternativen im Falle akuter Verrücktheit sowie Wege zu einer Behandlung, die die Menschenrechte respektiert. Was kann ich tun, wenn ich verrückt ..."
Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry The Great Book of Alternatives to Psychiatry Around the World (New edition) by PeterStastny, Peter Lehmann 459 Pages, Published 2022 by Peter Lehmann Publishing ISBN-13: 978-3-9875677-0-4, ISBN: 3-9875677-0-8
"The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, current possibilities for self-help for individuals experiencing madness or depression, and strategies toward implementing humane treatment."