Social Work

Mad Matters, Second Edition

Over the decade since the first edition of Mad Matters was published, Mad Studies has exploded into a new field of study across Canada and around the world. This thoroughly updated and expanded second edition continues the legacy of the groundbreaking first edition by presenting more critical voices that convey the lived experiences of psychiatrized people and which challenges dominant understandings of “mental illness.” Featuring contributions from scholars, mad activists, and psychiatric survivors, this groundbreaking collection gives voice to critical perspectives on psychiatry and mental health. This second edition features substantial updates, including revised chapters with expanded analysis of race and racism, as well as fifteen new chapters exploring topics such as anti-Blackness and Indigeneity madness. A new foreword situates the work within the evolving field of mad studies. Suited for courses in Mad Studies or any critical mental health course in Canada, this interdisciplinary resource is particularly relevant to programs in Critical Race Studies, Social Work, Health Studies, Nursing, Sociology, Postcolonial Studies, Psychology, History, Gender and Women’s Studies, Political Science, Cultural and Literary Studies, Social and Political Thought, and Critical Disability Studies. With its interdisciplinary reach and commitment to social justice, Mad Matters remains a foundational text for students, scholars, and activists engaged in critical mental health studies. This highly anticipated new edition will encourage readers to reconsider the status quo and embrace the importance of Mad studies in today’s world. Features:

• From the editors who brought the first and most comprehensive Canadian collection centring mad activism, scholarship, psychiatric survivors, and lived experience, this new edition has been substantially revised and expanded, featuring fifteen new chapters, a new foreword, and updated content with more accessible language throughout
• An ideal counter-text to traditional clinical mental health approaches, which makes it an ideal text to adopt alongside introductory or clinical texts to provide students with critical perspectives on modern mental health and psychiatry
• Instructor resources include an Instructor’s Manual with chapter-by-chapter resources including critical thinking questions, suggested assignments, and examination questions, as well as an extensive list of relevant websites, suggested films, further readings, and organizations of interest
• Highly adaptable for interdisciplinary courses and programs and makes a great textbook for Mad studies, Social Work, Health and Nursing, Sociology, Critical Disability Studies, Psychology, and other related programs