Our Psychiatric Future: The Politics of Mental Health by Nikolas Rose, Polity, Cambridge and Medford, 2019, 248 pp., paperback, $24.95 (ISBN 978‐0745689128)

ABSTRACT

Rose has extensive expertise in the field of psychiatry, including the publication of earlier books on this topic;the scientific contributions of this book, therefore, are credible. One of the least visible aspects of health in society, but as important as all the others, is mental health. , the author presents "the empire of psychiatry" in all its complexity, including the fact that "psychiatry is intensely political" (p. 14). [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Canadian Geographer is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)