I appreciated this interview. I was talking with someone about why this is so complex of a topic and yet your book is able to shed light at how human response to these treatments is essential to understanding it all. And this interview puts it succinctly in that we are influenced by so many things, both as individuals, and a society. I think we often want to simplify and look at things within a bubble of experience. And while that may be necessary for some things, for such topics like these, you can't separate the systemic, cultural, and societal forces that run through every part of it.
So true! It's very difficult for many people to understand what's truly going on in the mental health system, because it is a "system" and there are a lot of intersecting factors that need to be understood.
Thank you for this superb interview/conversation. The questions, and responses, are so articulate, insightful, comprehensive, thought provoking, and informative. I really appreciate your respectful, humane, relatable approach to subject matter that can feel very painful, and overwhelming. Giving voice to the real, lived experiences of so many of us - and ending the shamed, disempowered silence, and lies that allow these systems to go unchecked.
I appreciated this interview. I was talking with someone about why this is so complex of a topic and yet your book is able to shed light at how human response to these treatments is essential to understanding it all. And this interview puts it succinctly in that we are influenced by so many things, both as individuals, and a society. I think we often want to simplify and look at things within a bubble of experience. And while that may be necessary for some things, for such topics like these, you can't separate the systemic, cultural, and societal forces that run through every part of it.
So true! It's very difficult for many people to understand what's truly going on in the mental health system, because it is a "system" and there are a lot of intersecting factors that need to be understood.
Thank you for this superb interview/conversation. The questions, and responses, are so articulate, insightful, comprehensive, thought provoking, and informative. I really appreciate your respectful, humane, relatable approach to subject matter that can feel very painful, and overwhelming. Giving voice to the real, lived experiences of so many of us - and ending the shamed, disempowered silence, and lies that allow these systems to go unchecked.
thanks for your kind thoughts and support!
i'm sorry you were put through that. thank you for the encouragement.