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Pat Capponi (born 1949) is a Canadian author and an advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues in Canada. She lives in Toronto. Her works include several nonfiction titles and a mystery novel series.

She has also served as a board member at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and as a member of the Advocacy Commission in Ontario.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 223 ratings · 37 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Last Stop Sunnyside (Dana Leoni Mystery #1) 3.85 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upstairs in the Crazy House: The Life of a Psychiatric Survivor 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corpse Will Keep 3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dispatches from the Poverty Line 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War at Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada's Poor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Crazy House: Changing the Future of Madness 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upstairs In The Crazy House: The Life Of A Psychiatric Survivor 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pat Capponi Two-Book Bundle: Last Stop Sunnyside and The Corpse Will Keep really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bound by duty: Walking the beat with Canada's cops 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“In the years following my first hospitalization and my first explorations into myself, I determined to become someone I could live with, if not, in the words of the therapist, someone I could love. My first efforts were based on my blanket acceptance that I wasn't a very good person, and that I should change those parts of myself that could be changed. I hadn't yet realized that I'd simply internalized all the verbal assaults that characterized the first eighteen years of my life.”
― Pat Capponi, Upstairs In The Crazy House: The Life Of A Psychiatric Survivor

tags: cptsd, mental-health, recovery

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“To some, madness can be seductive, a way of getting back, of getting even. The only problem is, you can get lost forever.”
― Pat Capponi, Upstairs In The Crazy House: The Life Of A Psychiatric Survivor

tags: madness, mental-illness

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“I'm often asked why I got out when so many didn't.

I've mentioned the high school teacher who stopped me in the hall for my assistance in a school performance. Before that man, whose name is Stan Asher, no one had ever looked at me or spoken to me as though I had value. For me, that's the key. Otherwise, I probably would have gone on believing that I was intrinsically bad, with nothing to offer. I believe that many in that house were never offered a positive image of themselves.”
― Pat Capponi, Upstairs In The Crazy House: The Life Of A Psychiatric Survivor

tags: mental-illness, poverty, recovery, stigma, support, worthiness

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