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About Sasha Claire McInnes || & || Suggested Readings
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Sasha Claire McInnes, an artist living and working in Hamilton, Ontario is one of three co-owners of UnrulyWomen. She is developing a panel for IWD in March and writing additional articles about issues touched on in this one. She is also developing a website - disorderlywoman.org, a series of tapestries based on her experiences of the mental health system, called "The Pills Series: After You, Doctor Ingram" and an edited book about women and mental health.



Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications
Peter R. Breggin, M.D. and David Cohen, Ph.D.
Perseus Books, 1999


Silencing the Self: Women and Depression
Dana Crowley Jack
Harper/Perrenial, 1991


Free Yourself from Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills: A Natural Approach
Shirley Trickett
Ulysses Press, 1997


Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine
Candace Pert
Touchstone, 1999


When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chodron
Shambhala, 1997


Call Me Crazy: Stories From the Mad Movement
Irit Shimrat
Press Gang, 1997


Women of the Asylum: Voices From Behind the Wall
Jeffrey L. Geller and Maxine Harris
Anchor Books, 1994


Of 'Sluts' and 'Bastards': A Feminist Decodes the Child Welfare Debate
Louise Armstrong
Common Courage Press, 1995


Women, Madness and Medicine
Denise Russell
Polity Press, 1995


What Difference Does it Make?
Wendy Funk
Wildflower Publishing, 1998


Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Anna J. Michener
University of Chicago Press, 1998


Beyond Bedlam: Contemporary Women Psychiatric Survivors Speak Out
Jeanine Grobe, Editor
Third Story Press, 1995


As For the Sky Falling: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and Suffering
Shelagh Lynne Supeene
Second Story Press, 1990


Beyond PsychOppression
Betty McLellan
Spinifex Press, 1995