Overall Rating: The Mental Health Book Club Podcast enjoyed this book, Becky gave it 5* and Sydney gave it 4*.
This book blows open the way America treats the mentally ill in their justice system, from encounters with the police to standing in front of the judges, to being in prison. The stories Alisa chose will break your heart and shock your core, yet they are only the tip of the iceberg of examples.
This book is thoroughly researched and open about the limits
it had when accessing the system. Alisa details not just the problems but goes
through any solutions she came across as well. The depth of information in this
book is vast and to its credit.
This book not only questions the American justice system but
makes the reader question what is going on in their own country. Being British
Becky and Sydney did just that. Reducing the stigma and improving the treatment
of the mentally ill could reduce those within the justice system.
We recommend you read this book as it will show you that any one of us could end up in some of these situations.
Find our full review and interview with Alisa at www.mentalhealthbookclub.com, on iTunes or where ever you get your podcasts.
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It was an absolute pleasure to speak to Alisa Roth author of Insane: America’s criminal Treatment of Mental Illness. We could have talked for hours about Alisa’s book, we think this interview is fascinating but at times the conversation is graphic.
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Happiful Magazine
Thanks to the lovely people at Happiful Magazine who have sponsored Sydney to attend the Mental Health First Aid Course this July. We will be bringing you some special episodes on the course as Becky has completed the young people’s Mental Health First Aid Course.
If you haven’t heard of Happiful Magazine before here is what they are trying to do:
Their mission is to create a healthier, happier, more sustainable society. Aiming to provide informative, inspiring and topical stories about mental health and wellbeing. They want to break the stigma of mental health in society, and to shine a light on the positivity and support that should be available for everyone, no matter their situation. The e-magazine is free. Hard copies are available, see their website for more details.If you need to talk you can contact:
Samaritans on:
Mental Health Resources:
Rethink Mental Illness
Mind The Mental Health Charity
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- Text: 86463
- http://bit.ly/2p6rntK
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The Secret Psychiatrist: @thesecretpsych
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Trigger warning: this podcast discusses police shootings, self-harm, body fluids and suicide.
Get our next book here
If you feel suicidal call 999 immediately.
*Sponsor*
Happiful Magazine
Thanks to the lovely people at Happiful Magazine who have sponsored Sydney to attend the Mental Health First Aid Course this July. We will be bringing you some special episodes on the course as Becky has completed the young people’s Mental Health First Aid Course.
If you haven’t heard of Happiful Magazine before here is what they are trying to do:
Their mission is to create a healthier, happier, more sustainable society. Aiming to provide informative, inspiring and topical stories about mental health and wellbeing. They want to break the stigma of mental health in society, and to shine a light on the positivity and support that should be available for everyone, no matter their situation. The e-magazine is free. Hard copies are available, see their website for more details.TV Documentries
Live and Death Row – BBC
Cruel and Unusual – Channel 4
If you need to talk you can contact:
Samaritans on:
Mental Health Resources:
Rethink Mental Illness
Mind The Mental Health Charity
- Infoline: 0300 123 3393 (Our lines are open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays)
- Text: 86463
- http://bit.ly/2p6rntK
Social Media
Twitter:
Becky: @BLawrence85
Sydney: @sydney_timmins
The Secret Psychiatrist: @thesecretpsych
Podcast: @MHBC_Podcast
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Sydney: https://www.facebook.com/Sydney-Timmins-1695774814065575/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Stitcher |
Find out more at www.mentalhealthbookclub.com
Trigger warning: this podcast discusses police shootings, self-harm, body fluids and suicide.
Get our next book here
If you feel suicidal call 999 immediately.
*Sponsor*
Happiful Magazine
Thanks to the lovely people at Happiful Magazine who have sponsored Sydney to attend the Mental Health First Aid Course this July. We will be bringing you some special episodes on the course as Becky has completed the young people’s Mental Health First Aid Course.
If you haven’t heard of Happiful Magazine before here is what they are trying to do:
Their mission is to create a healthier, happier, more sustainable society. Aiming to provide informative, inspiring and topical stories about mental health and wellbeing. They want to break the stigma of mental health in society, and to shine a light on the positivity and support that should be available for everyone, no matter their situation. The e-magazine is free. Hard copies are available, see their website for more details.If you need to talk you can contact:
Samaritans on:
Mental Health Resources:
Rethink Mental Illness
Mind The Mental Health Charity
- Infoline: 0300 123 3393 (Our lines are open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays)
- Text: 86463
- http://bit.ly/2p6rntK
Social Media
Twitter:
Becky: @BLawrence85
Sydney: @sydney_timmins
The Secret Psychiatrist: @thesecretpsych
Podcast: @MHBC_Podcast
Facebook
Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/MHBCpodcast/
Sydney: https://www.facebook.com/Sydney-Timmins-1695774814065575/
An urgent exposé of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons
America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people in America’s jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders.
In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker.
Through intimate stories of people in the system and those trying to fix it, Roth reveals the hidden forces behind this crisis and suggests how a fairer and more humane approach might look. Insane is a galvanizing wake-up call for criminal justice reformers and anyone concerned about the plight of our most vulnerable.
Our Review:
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Our behaviour is influenced by our parents, we often take on their mannerisms and behaviours. Let’s face it how many times have you found yourself doing something that you can associate with one of your parents?
But, what happens if a parent has an undiagnosed mental health issue that impacts their emotional response to the world around them? Well, it can have a long lasting and devastating impact late into their children’s adult life.
Dandelion Angel by C.B. Calico follows the stories of four adult daughters and their mothers who have undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). A parent with this mental health condition often results in an emotionally chaotic and unstable home environment for the children in their care. These mothers are often demanding, emotionally neglectful, rage filled and even physically abusive towards their own offspring.
In our opinion C.B. Calico explores the impacts of BPD on the entire family, in a sympathetic way, whilst not excusing the mother’s actions or behaviours. We learn about the childhood stories of the mother’s and whilst they are heart breaking in themselves, they are not there as an excuse to justify their later behaviour towards their children. Their stories are provided to give an insight into the situations that shaped them into the people we read about in this book. Each grown up daughter still bears the emotional scars left by their mothers, but yet all four have been able to move forward with their own lives in differing ways. This story provides hope to those who may have experienced similar upbringings.
Listen to Pt 1 of the full review here.
Listen to Pt 2 of the full review here.
