Challenging the current relationship between analyst and patient, Darian Leader’s What is Madness? calls for a revolution in the way we frame—and treat—mental illness. The Guardian reviews the “manifesto” here.
“Leader is presenting us with a challenge. That we recognise there is such a thing as madness – there is not the slightest gesture here to the view that no one can be classified as insane – but equally that madness is part of us each and every one.”