Download or read book Fragile Revolution, A: Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors Confront the Power of the Mental Health System written by Barbara Everett and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the complex relationship between ex-mental patients, the government, the mental health system, and mental health professionals. It also explores how changes in policy have affected that relationship, creating new tensions and new opportunities. Using qualitative interviews with prominent consumer and survivor activists, Everett examines how consumers and survivors define themselves, how they define mental illness, and how their personal experience has been turned into political action.