Letters and Politics

A Radical Perspective on Mental Health

A conversation on mental health with two mental health activists and writers. L.D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh are the editors of the book We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health -Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model.

Guests:

L. D. Green is a queer writer, performer, educator, and mental health advocate. She is an assistant professor of English at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California.

Kelechi Ubozoh is a Nigerian-American writer, mental health advocate, and public speaker. She currently works as a peer and community engagement manager at CalMHSA.

 

About We’ve Been Too Patient

The book is an anthology of creative non-fiction, poetry and research-based analysis on mental health advocacy.  It gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternatives to the “Mental Health Industrial Complex” and shifting the conversation from mental illness to mental health.

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