At the Heart of a Mad Movement: The Life and Work of Peter Campbell, Psychiatric System Pioneer(The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series)

This book showcases and celebrates the writings of Peter Campbell, an activist, writer, educator, and a veteran survivor of the mental health system, conveying the variety and vitality of Campbell's accomplishments across the years from 1967 to 2022. Diagnosed with severe psychosis and with a history of hospitalizations reaching back to 1967, Peter Campbell was an indefatigable critic of orthodox psychiatry and of many aspects of the mental health system. He was a founder and veteran of the groundbreaking psychiatric survivors’ movement in 1980s and 1990s Britain. The diverse essays within this book cover topics such as seclusion, spiritual crisis, lived experience of psychosis, ECT and psychiatric drugs, and the survivor movement, together with a number of in-depth interviews, as well as other creative contributions such as dramatic scripts and satirical sketches. Brought together, these diverse creations are an eloquent testimony to the humanity, unflagging commitment and staying power of a hugely significant writer, innovator, commentator and critic. Written in Campbell's accessible and witty style, this will be an invaluable resource for practitioners in psychiatry and all disciplines, people with lived experience of psychosis and their relatives and carers, activists, and all concerned with distress and mental wellbeing.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: IN AND OUT THE BIN, 1967-85 1.00a Introduction 1.00b ‘IN & OUT THE BIN’ (1983-85): synopsis. 1.1. ‘First Taste’ 1.2 ‘Cambridge –The Golden Land’ 1.3 ‘Breakdowns and Shakedowns’ 1.4 ‘Life on the Inside’ 1.5 ‘Therapeutica –Chinks in the Armour’ 1.6 ‘Drugs: The Many-Headed Guard Dog’ PART 2: HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER, 1983-2000 2.00 Introduction 2.01 Letters to Open Mind magazine (1983-85) 2.02 ‘We’re Not Mad, We’re Angry’ (1986) 2.03 ‘Bleak Reading on Judgement Day’ (1986) 2.04 Cartoons by Niall, ‘Melvin Menz’ 2.05 ‘Madness Café’ [abridged] 2.06 ‘Nutter’s Diary’ [2 sections, abridged] 2.07 ‘Hotel Galactica’ [abridged] 2.08 ‘Typing Error’ (c 1986) 2.09 ‘Losing & Regaining Control’ (1986) 2.10 ‘Self-advocacy: Working Together for Change’ (1990) 2.11 ‘The Needs of people in crisis’ (1990) 2.12 ‘Spiritual crisis’ (1993) 2.13 ‘The Last Communication’ (1993) 2.14 ‘Valuing Psychosis: A Personal View’ (1994) 2.15 ‘Service-user’s perspective on the care prog approach’ (1995) 2.16 ‘Through the Revolving Door’ (1999) 2.17 ‘Back to Cambridge’ (Testimony 2000) 2.18 ‘The Experience of Seclusion’ (Testimony 2000) 2.19 ‘Being on Section’ (Testimony 2000) 2.20 ‘At the Richmond Fellowship’ (Testimony 2000) 2.21 ‘Alternative Therapies’ (Testimony 2000) 2.22 ‘Working with Children’ (Testimony 2000) PART 3: A QUEST FOR LIBERATION, 2000-2022 3.00 Introduction 3.01 ‘Coming Out of the Closet’(Testimony 2000) 3.02 ‘Control in the community’ (2000) 3.03 ‘Surviving Social Inclusion’ (c 2000) 3.04 ‘Discharged’ (Testimony 2000) 3.05. ‘A Barren Experience’ (a crisis admission) by ‘Niall’ (2001) 3.06 ‘It’s Not the Real You’ (2001) 3.07. ‘An Outline History of Mental Health Advocacy’ (2004) 3.08 Testimony interview (2005): Napsbury 3.09 Testimony interview (2005): experience of ECT 3.10. Testimony interview (2005): experience of psychiatric medication 3.11. ‘The Survivor Movement in the 1980s’ (2006) 3.12. ‘Seclusion: The Bigger Picture’ (2007) 3.13. Personal account of seclusion (n/d) 3.14. ‘People with Mental Health Problems Don’t Know What is Good for Them’ (n/d) 3.15. ‘Speaking for Ourselves’ (2022) Part 4: BIG RED AND AFTERWORDS 4.00 BIG RED Afterwords 4.01 The Editors 4.02. Sarah Carr 4.03. Colin King 4.04 Acknowledgements 4.05 Resources 4.06 Index