The Trans Body as Liberty's Limit in Szasz' Critique of Psychiatry
Thomas Szasz is easily among the most famous and infamous critics of psychiatry. His thesis that “mental illness is a myth” used to...
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Sasha Durakov Warren
- Mar 16
Madness Between Revolution and Failure: Georg Büchner and the Vormärz Generation
This was written after I talked with Dan and Max about Büchner's play Dantons Tod on The Unseen Book Club podcast found here. We had a...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Mar 8
The Siren Song of the History of Madness: On Foucault’s Doubles
This is a part of a series on the treatment of madness before psychiatry. You can read my introduction here. As I stated there,...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Feb 28
Approaching the question "What was madness before psychiatry?"
This text will be the first in a new series on pre-psychiatric care for the mad, or more precisely (since these didn’t always appear as a...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Dec 1, 2022
"Mental Health Workers" from the Mental Patients Liberation Front
Editorial note: The following is a transcription of an article published in the Mental Patients' Liberation Front's first issue of Our...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Oct 18, 2022
Updates and plan for the year
It's been a while since I've posted or added anything to the site and I've picked up a few new readers, so I figured Of Unsound Mind was...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Oct 6, 2021
Janus’ Sailboat: Notes on La Marr Jurelle Bruce’s Mad Method
Bruce, La Marr Jurelle. How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity. Duke University Press. Durham:...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Sep 30, 2021
A Corpse Among Corpses: Transcript and Annotated Shot List
The following is the transcript and a series of annotations of specific shots in the film A Corpse Among Corpses by Lyn Corelle, and...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Aug 5, 2021
Zines, Posters, and Newsletters
I'll keep updating this page with formatted zines, posters, newsletters and whatever else I am working on. In addition to formatting some...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- May 23, 2021
Open propositions for a strategic madness
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” –William Shakespeare, Hamlet. In lieu of the (hopefully) coherent syntheses of...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- May 23, 2021
Distress is a Weapon: the SPK's Strategic Struggle for Mental Wellness
This is part of a series of presentations on the history of radical mental health projects called Mental Health in Crisis. Find...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- May 9, 2021
Unreason Speaks!
This is part of a series of presentations on the history of radical mental health projects called Mental Health in Crisis. Find...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Apr 25, 2021
The Dream of the Outside: Deinstitutionalization, Anti-psychiatry, and the Move Into the "Community"
This is part of a series of presentations on the history of radical mental health projects called Mental Health in Crisis. Find...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Apr 10, 2021
Psychiatry Negated: Conflict and the Culture of Resistance in Italy and Brazil
This is part of a series of presentations on the history of radical mental health projects called Mental Health in Crisis. Find...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Mar 27, 2021
The Asylum is Sick: The Mental Institution from Medical Prison to Laboratory for Change
This is part of a series of presentations on the history of radical mental health projects called Mental Health in Crisis. Find...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Mar 15, 2021
MHIC Presentation Series: Notes and Slideshows
Below are the notes and slideshows of my presentations for the Mental Health in Crisis talk series. The recordings can be found on the...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Feb 27, 2021
Mental Health in Crisis
This is a transcript of a 2/28/21 talk as part of an ongoing talk/discussion series on the history of radical change in the field of...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Nov 28, 2020
Forensic Fanon in a Colonial Court
The oppressor's government can set up commissions of inquiry and of information daily if it wants to; in the eyes of the native, these...
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Oct 28, 2020
Healing in a “Non-Viable Society”: A Short Intro to Frantz Fanon’s Psychiatric Thought
Fanon saw no opposition between his militant political activities and his commitment to a practice of healing.
Sasha Durakov Warren
- Sep 17, 2020
Mental Health, Madness, and Psychiatry: An Annotated Study Guide
An introductory study guide for those who are familiar with some ideas, images, or theories of madness or “mental illness” (and perhaps also
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