
Whatcanwelearnfromthosewhohaveturnedtheirpsychologicalcrisisintoapositivetransformativeexperience?Duringaquarter-centurydocumentingindigenouscultures,human-rightsphotographerandfilmmakerPhilBorgesoftensawtheseculturesidentify"psychotic"symptomsasanindicatorofshamanicpotential.HewasintriguedbyhowdifferentlypsychosisisdefinedandtreatedintheWest.ThroughinterviewswithrenownedmentalhealthprofessionalsincludingGaborMate,MD,RobertWhitaker,andRoshiJoanHalifax,PhD,PhilexploresthegrowingseverityofthementalhealthcrisisinAmericadominatedbybiomedicalpsychiatry.Hediscoversagrowingmovementofprofessionalsandpsychiatricsurvivorswhodemandalternativetreatmentsthatfocusonrecovery,nurturingsocialconnections,andfindingmeaning.CRAZYWISEfollowstwoyoungAmericansdiagnosedwith"mentalillness."Adam,27,suffersdevastatingsideeffectsfrommedicationsbeforeembracingmeditationinhopesof...