Michael Rembis is the Director of the Center for Disability Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He has served on the American Historical Association's Committee on Disability, the Organization of American Historians Committee on Disability and Disability History, and the board of directors of the Society for Disability Studies.

• Introduction: Hearing VoicesChapter 1: Claiming MadnessChapter 2: Committing ViolenceChapter 3: Writing and WorkChapter 4: Exposing AbusesChapter 5: Reforming the SystemChapter 6: Reckoning with PhysiciansChapter 7: Surviving TreatmentsChapter 8: Forging FriendshipsChapter 9: Helping Each OtherEpilogue: Telling StoriesNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Rembis's book rewrites the history of madness, at last foregrounding the ideas, action and lived experience of mad people through over a century of asylums. More than that, it provides powerful foundations for the modern Mad Studies movement to realize its goal of offering an inclusive, decolonizing route to understanding and supporting our future wellbeing. This is an essential text.

Michael Rembis is the Director of the Center for Disability Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He has served on the American Historical Association's Committee on Disability, the Organization of American Historians Committee on Disability and Disability History, and the board of directors of the Society for Disability Studies.

• Introduction: Hearing VoicesChapter 1: Claiming MadnessChapter 2: Committing ViolenceChapter 3: Writing and WorkChapter 4: Exposing AbusesChapter 5: Reforming the SystemChapter 6: Reckoning with PhysiciansChapter 7: Surviving TreatmentsChapter 8: Forging FriendshipsChapter 9: Helping Each OtherEpilogue: Telling StoriesNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Rembis's book rewrites the history of madness, at last foregrounding the ideas, action and lived experience of mad people through over a century of asylums. More than that, it provides powerful foundations for the modern Mad Studies movement to realize its goal of offering an inclusive, decolonizing route to understanding and supporting our future wellbeing. This is an essential text.

Michael Rembis is the Director of the Center for Disability Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He has served on the American Historical Association's Committee on Disability, the Organization of American Historians Committee on Disability and Disability History, and the board of directors of the Society for Disability Studies.

• Introduction: Hearing VoicesChapter 1: Claiming MadnessChapter 2: Committing ViolenceChapter 3: Writing and WorkChapter 4: Exposing AbusesChapter 5: Reforming the SystemChapter 6: Reckoning with PhysiciansChapter 7: Surviving TreatmentsChapter 8: Forging FriendshipsChapter 9: Helping Each OtherEpilogue: Telling StoriesNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Rembis's book rewrites the history of madness, at last foregrounding the ideas, action and lived experience of mad people through over a century of asylums. More than that, it provides powerful foundations for the modern Mad Studies movement to realize its goal of offering an inclusive, decolonizing route to understanding and supporting our future wellbeing. This is an essential text.