Madness, Utopia and Revolt: An Interview With Sasha Warren

Sasha Durakov Warren is the author of the new book Storming Bedlam: Madness, Utopia, and Revolt published by Common Notions Press. Sasha is a writer based in Minneapolis. His experiences within the psychiatric system and a commitment to radical politics led him to co-found the group Hearing Voices - Twin Cities, which provides an alternative social space for individuals to discuss often stigmatized, extreme experiences and network with one another.
Following the George Floyd uprising in 2020, he founded the project Of Unsound Mind to trace the histories of psychiatry, social work, and public health's connections to policing, prisons, and various disciplinary and managerial technologies.
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Psychiatry has a history of oppression rather than understanding people's traumatic problems.

[@ericbray4286]

I dont think we have come to terms with the failures of the biomedical model, inadequacy of community care in replacing hospitals and the co-optation of peer work. It's not just psychiatry but society as a whole that has failed and reacts to rather than engages with the issue.

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