Unshrunk: How The Mental Health Industry Took Over My Life – And My Fight to Get it Back

12.99 JOD

Available on: 2026-02-12 at 3:00 am

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Additional information

Dimensions 12.6 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language
Pages

320

Publisher
Year Published

2026-2-12

Imprint
Edition Number

1970-1-1

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1913183238

About The Author

Laura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the Executive Director of Inner Compass Initiative, a charitable organization that she founded to help people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses and drugs. She is a leading ex-patient voice in the international movement of people who've left behind the medicalized, professionalized offerings of the mental health system to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around the world seeking guidance and support for the withdrawal journey and life post-psychiatry. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and children.

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A really moving and heart-rending story. Unshrunk will help and empower so many people.

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Unshrunk is the story of a young woman who dared to be herself, and a potent reminder of why human suffering can never be reduced to a diagnostic manual. A must read for anyone probing the dark side of mental health treatment.