Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric
Treatment Resistance
The powerful memoir of one woman’s experience with psychiatric diagnoses and medications, and her journey to discover herself outside the mental health industry.
At thirteen, Laura Delano’s world begins to shift, launching her into years of psychiatric diagnoses, medications, and institutionalization. Unshrunk traces her transformation from someone who fully embraced the narrative of mental illness to a person who dares to question the fundamental assumptions of psychiatric treatment. Through intimate, powerful prose, we follow her journey of tapering off medications and rediscovering herself beyond diagnostic labels. This story isn’t simply about rejecting psychiatric treatment—it’s a critical examination of the mental health industry and an exploration of what happens when we reclaim our right to make sense of our own experiences on our own terms.
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“A courageous, insightful, beautifully written book challenging major tenets of Big Pharma and mainstream psychiatry.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A powerful, inspiring, rigorously research-backed memoir about escaping the nightmarish trap of psychiatric drug treatment. As Delano writes, ‘The more I suffered, the more medical treatments I was convinced I needed, but the more treatments I received, the more I suffered.’ I highly recommend this brave and important book.”
—Tao Lin, author of Leave Society
