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A book launch for David Webb's Thinking About Suicide produces a volley of posts but none about the book. How strange! I feel I must write from Down Under and urge you to read this book and contribute to the list with your thoughts and reviews. David is a very honorable guy, deserving of respect, working hard in the Australian Disability Movement. He is a suicide survivor who has completed his PhD and now has published his work. I met David when he was speaking out about 'mental health' issues in a respectable academic conference and was threatened with being thrown out. He did walk out. We met in crip solidarity (:- CONGRATULATIONS David! Whatever your take on 'mental health, 'madness' 'psychiatric impairment' it is important to read his work. It can be bought in English pounds (£13.30) from PCCS-BOOKS in Ross on Wye. Assoc. Professor Helen Meekosha School of Social Sciences and International Studies University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 School Website: http://ssis.arts.unsw.edu.au ________________________________ ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.