Commonsense Rebellion

"Levine looks at all these new disease manifestations from a common sense perspective.... And this perspective tells us that we must redeem our autonomy, community, and humanity before we can overcome our growing unhappiness, anxiety, depression, and craziness. Stanton Peele Book of the Month Selection for Stanton's Bookstores It is always refreshing to find someone who stands at the edge of his profession and dissects its failures with a critical eye, refusing to be deceived by its pretensions. Bruce Levine condemns the cold, technocratic approach to mental health and, to our benefit, looks for deeper solutions. Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States An entertaining, hard-hitting, and controversial book about contemporary culture.... Full of astonishing statistics, the book covers a wide range of topics: attention deficit disorder, chemical dependency, depression, education, health care, consumerism, the online environment, and more.... Aptly titled, this book is an opinionated wake-up call. Choice

Bruce E. Levine, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in private practice for more than fifteen years, is on the advisory council of the International Centre for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, which fights against the drugs, electroshocks, and other abuses of institutional mental health. He lives in Cincinnati, OH

Included in Commonsense Rebellion: - Institutional mental health's "illnesses" and "treatments" are contrasted with commonsense explanations and solutions. - The "institutional-illness web" of symbiotic relationships between institutional mental health and institutional society is described. - What has been pathologised is rehumanised by reacquainting us with those aspects of our humanity which-though not fitting neatly into institutionalised existence-are in fact fully human. - Suggestions are made for regaining autonomy, community, and our humanity, and replacing self-destructive rebellion with commonsense rebellion.