A Historical, social, political account of the emptying of the mental hospitals, as seen through the eyes of psychiatric survivors in New Zealand. Price NZ $33.95 + postage & packing. Published September 1999

The author's personal story and a discussion of system abuse. Many of the issues are in New Zealand's 'too Hard basket'. Abuse contains recommendations for improving the prospects of survivors. The book suggests that professional people look at their own need for healing. Price NZ$27.95. + postage & packing. To be published December 1999.

This book gains much of it's material from extensive interviews of psychiatric survivors and with key people in funding, management and provision of services. Chapters include 'Psychiatry as Punishment'; 'Human Rights'; 'Genius and Mental Illness' and 'About Drugs' drawing on the work of Professor Richard Warner of Colorado, author of "Recovery from Schizophrenia". The price is not assessed yet. This book is due to be released February 2,000.