We’ve Been Too Patient:
Voices from Radical Mental Health
We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health, Kelechi’s book with co-editor L.D. Green, was released from North Atlantic Books and distributed by Penguin Random House, July 2019.
We’ve Been Too Patient is a collection of a diverse of voices who all share their stories of radical healing and consider the recent movement towards reform in the mental health field, including the mad pride/consumer movement, theater as therapy, peer support, combatting stigma, and trauma-informed care.
We’ve Been Too Patient is featured curriculum at Boston University and New York University, and Cal State East Bay.
We’ve Been Too Patient is a collection of a diverse of voices who all share their stories of radical healing and consider the recent movement towards reform in the mental health field, including the mad pride/consumer movement, theater as therapy, peer support, combatting stigma, and trauma-informed care.
Check out her interview talking about the importance of diverse voices in radical mental health with Rising up with Sonali. For updates and more information on the book, check out We’ve Been Too Patient.
To watch the book launch and readings from Kelechi, L.D., and the contributors check out the CSPAN coverage here.
If you’d like to get your own copy of the book, check out the options for purchase below.
“Kelechi’s visits to my class on Trauma, Recovery and Resilience have been informative and thought-provoking, providing me and my Masters program students with insights into the importance of hearing personal narratives from people with mental health challenges. In this course, we used her book with LD Green ‘We’ve Been Too Patient: Stories From Radical Mental Health’ as a key component of our curriculum because it amplifies stories and research from people with lived experience.”
Carol Dolan, Ph.D.
School of Public Health
Boston University
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