Queer and Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice

This book challenges the biomedical model of mental illness and advocates for a more holistic approach that considers the experiences of LGBTQ people. It provides empirical data from qualitative research studies and critically examines the impacts of medical strategies on mad queer and trans people. It also explores the emancipatory promise of queer and trans madness and advocates for non-coercive, non-carceral responses to crisis and distress within LGBTQ communities.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 221 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book urges those invested in social justice for 2SLGBTQ people to critically interrogate the biomedical model of mental illness beyond the diagnoses that specifically target gender and sexual dissidence. In this groundbreaking and comprehensive application of Mad Studies to queer and trans experiences of mental distress, Pilling offers a sweeping critique of the biomedical model of mental illness as it pertains to 2SLGBTQ individuals, arguing that Mad Studies is uniquely positioned to make sense of queer and trans madness. Drawing on empirical data from two qualitative research studies, this book includes in-depth analyses of inpatient chart documentation from a psychiatric hospital and interviews with those who have experienced mental distress. Employing an intersectional lens, Pilling critically examines what constitutes mental health treatment and the impacts of medical strategies on mad queer and trans people. Ultimately, Queer and Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice explores the emancipatory potential of queer and trans madness, advocating for increased resources to respond to crisis and distress in non-coercive, non-carceral, and autonomy-honoring ways within 2SLGBTQ communities.

This book urges those invested in social justice for 2SLGBTQ people to critically interrogate the biomedical model of mental illness beyond the diagnoses that specifically target gender and sexual dissidence.

In this groundbreaking and comprehensive application of Mad Studies to queer and trans experiences of mental distress, Pilling offers a sweeping critique of the biomedical model of mental illness as it pertains to 2SLGBTQ individuals, arguing that Mad Studies is uniquely positioned to make sense of queer and trans madness. Drawing on empirical data from two qualitative research studies, this book includes in-depth analyses of inpatient chart documentation from a psychiatric hospital and interviews with those who have experienced mental distress. Employing an intersectional lens, Pilling critically examines what constitutes mental health treatment and the impacts of medical strategies on mad queer and trans people.

Ultimately, Queer and Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice explores the emancipatory potential of queer and trans madness, advocating for increased resources to respond to crisis and distress in non-coercive, non-carceral, and autonomy-honoring ways within 2SLGBTQ communities.

Weight: 310g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030904159
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022