Sarah Fay
Author and 'Substack Strategist' who teaches writers how to build sustainable independent publications and grow paid audiences.
Author and 'Substack Strategist' who teaches writers how to build sustainable independent publications and grow paid audiences.
Sarah Fay values this work because it serves as the foundational text for the Recovery Movement, outlining the essential shift toward patient-controlled care.
“On Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System called for a system in which people with mental illnesses weren’t “passive recipients of institutional ‘care’””
Sarah Fay recommends this work because it traces how society has come to believe that ordinary emotions are mental disorders.
Sarah Fay values this work because it provides a comprehensive explanation of how various layers of biological and environmental factors interact to cause mental illness.
“the factors that led to your disorder are as many and varied as we are.”
Sarah Fay recommends this book because reading it with her father fundamentally changed her life and provided the evolutionary framework necessary for her recovery.
Sarah Fay recommends this work because it provides an excellent history of people healing from mental illness over the past two centuries.
Sarah Fay values this work because it provides expert support for the importance of seeking a second opinion when navigating the mental health system.
“he’ll stress the importance of getting a second opinion whenever you see a psychiatrist.”
Sarah Fay recommends this book as essential reading for all humans because it provided the foundation for discovering the skill of self-talk.
“should be required reading for all humans everywhere, and discovered this skill’s name: self-talk.”
Sarah Fay expresses admiration for the honesty displayed in this work regarding the shortcomings of past research spending.
“I don’t think we moved the needle in reducing suicide, reducing hospitalizations, improving recovery for the tens of millions of people who have mental illness.”
Sarah Fay references this work as a powerful description of the physiological and emotional torment involved in living with anxiety.
“an all-encompassing physiological, mental, and emotional torment.”
Sarah Fay values this work as a foundational text that first called for patient-centered care and defined the recovery movement.
Sarah Fay listens to these episodes to find a sense of power and discipline during her mental health recovery.
