The 25 unflinching essays and poems in We've Been Too Patient are written for people with lived experience of the mental health system in America; loved ones and allies; therapists; educators and academics in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and mad studies as well as their students; workers in mental health nonprofits and social service agencies; and mental health advocates and activists.

25 unflinching stories and essays from the front linesof the radical mental health movement

Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy,involuntary hospitalization,traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts- these are thestruggles of those labeled "mentally ill." While much has been written about the systemicproblems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those withpersonal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, likepeople of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternativesto the "Mental Health Industrial Complex" and shifting the conversation frommental illness to mental health.