Queer and Trans Madness

Struggles for Social Justice

Merrick Daniel Pilling

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
21 March 2022

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Gender studies, gender groups; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Psychology of gender; Medicine: general issues

This book urges those invested in social justice for 2SLGBTQ people to interrogate the biomedical model of mental illness beyond the diagnoses that specifically target gender and sexual dissidence. In this first comprehensive application of Mad Studies to queer and trans experiences of mental distress, Pilling advances a broad critique of the biomedical model of mental illness as it pertains to 2SLGBTQ people, arguing that Mad Studies is especially amenable to making sense of queer and trans madness. Based on empirical data from two qualitative research studies, this book includes analyses of inpatient chart documentation from a psychiatric hospital and interviews with those who have experienced distress. Using 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 promise of queer andtrans madness, advocating for more resources to respond to crisis and distress in ways that are non-coercive, non-carceral, and honour autonomy as well as interdependence within 2SLGBTQ communities.

By: Merrick Daniel Pilling
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2022 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 432g
ISBN: 9783030904128
ISBN 10: 3030904121
Pages: 221
Publication Date: 21 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Queer and Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice.- 2. Reclaiming the Lunatic Fringe: Toward a Mad-Queer-Trans Lens.- 3. Expanding the Struggle Against Queer and Trans Pathologization: Challenging Biomedicalism.- 4. The Biomedical Model in Practice I: Encounters with Mental Health Care Practitioners.- 5. The Biomedical Model in Practice II: Inpatient Chart Documentation on Trans and Non-Binary People.- 6. Creating Social Change: The Emancipatory Promise of Queer and Trans Madness.

Merrick Daniel Pilling is Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies in the School of Social Work at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is co-editor of Interrogating Psychiatric Narratives of Madness: Documented Lives.