I Survived Psychiatry
About this audiobook
1.8 million people are directly concerned by psychiatry in France. 350,000 are in hospital. For every 1,000 inhabitants, there is 1 forced hospitalization. Yet this system, which generates social exclusion and stigmatization, dominates.
Interned at the age of 16, Christelle Rosar has been hospitalized for twenty years. She was restrained, injected with drugs and kept in a vegetative state. She has seen patients remain in hospital from adolescence to death, and others gradually suffer the side effects of treatments.
Now liberated, she recounts her struggle to regain her autonomy and her place in society, denouncing the abuses and flaws of the particularly violent French psychiatric system.
About the author
Christelle Rosar works for the Advocacy association. She takes part in think tanks and conferences on disability, mental health and the rights of the people concerned.
Martine Dutoit holds a doctorate in education and was a social worker at Sainte Anne hospital. A lecturer and founder of Advocacy, she is the author of books and numerous articles on mental health and stigmatization.
Marie-Claude Saint-Pé holds a doctorate in sociology, specializing in social policies on disability, and is a trainer and evaluator for social and medico-social establishments. She runs the Urbanités association.
