Content note: mentions of death, suicide, ableism “My name is Philippa Day I’m a good person” reads a line from… more
Book review – The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence
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Zine Review: ‘Poems from Inside’ by Nicole Lacey
‘Poems from inside’ by Nicole Lacey is a zine full of scenes from a psychiatric unit, incorporated with poetry describing how being on the inside of a inpatient stay feels like…. more
Book Review – Black Disability Politics
Black Disability Politics presents an accessible, novel and long-overdue framework for thinking about how Black people engage with disability scholarship and organising. … more
Book Review: ‘Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health’ by Micha Frazer-Carroll
As a student on the MSc Mad Studies programme at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, I’ve read my fair share… more
Book Review: Gargi Bhattacharyya’s ‘We, the Heartbroken’
‘This is a good-sized book!’ was my first impression of We, The Heartbroken when I unleashed it out of its… more
Book Review – The Muslim, State and Mind
“As societal objects of fear, even the “best Muslim” will never be good enough to escape scrutiny and pathologisation/criminalisation through psychology and the justice system…”… more
Book Review – The Colour of Madness: Mental Health and Race in Technicolour
“Whether this book lands in the hands of practitioners or public library users, this thought-provoking volume might plant a wilful seed of dissent or create a thirst for transformation.”… more
Book Review: Voices that Shake! A trilogy of youth led publications
Image credit: Voice that Shake! Book Review: Voices that Shake! A trilogy of youth led publications: Voices that Shake! An… more
Book review – David Harewood’s ‘Maybe I Don’t Belong Here’
David Harewood, ‘Maybe I Don’t Belong Here’ Published by Pan Macmillan ISBN 978-1-529064-13-1 Reviewed by NSUN member David Gibbs This… more
Book Review – Linda Gask’s ‘Finding True North: The Healing Power of Place’
NSUN member Heather Cobb reviews Linda Gask’s new book, Finding True North… more