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Aaron Esterson
Aaron Esterson (September 23, 1923 – April 15, 1999) was a British psychiatrist, practising in Glasgow.
Aaron Esterson (September 23, 1923 – April 15, 1999) was a British psychiatrist, practising in Glasgow.
Against Therapy
Against Therapy: Emotional Tyranny and the Myth of Psychological Healing is a 1988 book by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson which claims that psychotherapy can lead to abuse.
Against Therapy: Emotional Tyranny and the Myth of Psychological Healing is a 1988 book by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson which claims that psychotherapy can lead to abuse.
Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act
The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 was an Act of Congress passed to improve mental health care in the United States territory of Alaska.
The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 was an Act of Congress passed to improve mental health care in the United States territory of Alaska.
Allen Jones (whistleblower)
Allen Jones, who worked as an investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General (OIG), gained widespread attention as a 'whistleblower' after voicing concerns about attempts by th...
Allen Jones, who worked as an investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General (OIG), gained widespread attention as a 'whistleblower' after voicing concerns about attempts by th...
American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization
The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH) was an organization founded in 1970 by Dr. Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the pu...
The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH) was an organization founded in 1970 by Dr. Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the pu...
Anti-Oedipus
Anti-Oedipus is a book by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Félix Guattari.
Anti-Oedipus is a book by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Félix Guattari.
Anti-psychiatry
Anti-psychiatry is a configuration of groups and theoretical constructs that emerged in the 1960s, which challenged the fundamental assumptions and practices of psychiatry and sought to develop ...
Anti-psychiatry is a configuration of groups and theoretical constructs that emerged in the 1960s, which challenged the fundamental assumptions and practices of psychiatry and sought to develop ...
Asylums (book)
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates is a book written by sociologist Erving Goffman in 1961.
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates is a book written by sociologist Erving Goffman in 1961.
Biopsychiatry controversy
The biopsychiatry controversy is a dispute over which viewpoint should predominate and form the scientific basis of psychiatric theory and practice.
The biopsychiatry controversy is a dispute over which viewpoint should predominate and form the scientific basis of psychiatric theory and practice.
Bruce Levine
Bruce E. Levine, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Bruce E. Levine, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chester Brown
Chester William David Brown is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in To...
Chester William David Brown is an award-winning, best-selling Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in To...
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an advocacy group established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an advocacy group established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
Cognitive liberty
Cognitive liberty is the freedom to be the absolute sovereignty of the individual’s own consciousness.
Cognitive liberty is the freedom to be the absolute sovereignty of the individual’s own consciousness.
Critical psychiatry
The Critical Psychiatry Network is a group of British psychiatrists who first met in Bradford, England in January 1999 in response to proposals by the British government to amend the 1983 Mental...
The Critical Psychiatry Network is a group of British psychiatrists who first met in Bradford, England in January 1999 in response to proposals by the British government to amend the 1983 Mental...
David Cooper (psychiatrist)
David Graham Cooper (born 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa; died 1986 in Paris, France) was a British psychiatrist, theorist and leader in the anti-psychiatry movement.
David Graham Cooper (born 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa; died 1986 in Paris, France) was a British psychiatrist, theorist and leader in the anti-psychiatry movement.
David Smail (psychologist)
David Smail is a British clinical psychologist who is a proponent of a social materialist explanation of psychological distress.
David Smail is a British clinical psychologist who is a proponent of a social materialist explanation of psychological distress.
Dialectics of Liberation
The Dialectics of Liberation Congress was an international congress organised in London between 15 and 30 July 1967.
The Dialectics of Liberation Congress was an international congress organised in London between 15 and 30 July 1967.
Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman (June 11, 1922 – November 19, 1982) was a Canadian-born sociologist and writer.
Erving Goffman (June 11, 1922 – November 19, 1982) was a Canadian-born sociologist and writer.
Family nexus
The term family nexus was used by the psychiatrist R D Laing to describe a common viewpoint held and reinforced by the majority of family members regarding events in the family and relationships...
The term family nexus was used by the psychiatrist R D Laing to describe a common viewpoint held and reinforced by the majority of family members regarding events in the family and relationships...
Franco Basaglia
Franco Basaglia was an Italian psychiatrist and neurologist who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer, c...
Franco Basaglia was an Italian psychiatrist and neurologist who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer, c...
Fred Baughman
Fred Baughman (born 1932) is best known as an outspoken critic of psychiatry, who claims that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is "a fraud perpetrated by the psychiatric and phar...
Fred Baughman (born 1932) is best known as an outspoken critic of psychiatry, who claims that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is "a fraud perpetrated by the psychiatric and phar...
Félix Guattari
Pierre-Félix Guattari (April 30, 1930 – August 29, 1992) was a French militant, an institutional psychotherapist, philosopher, and semiotician; he founded both schizoanalysis and ecosophy.
Pierre-Félix Guattari (April 30, 1930 – August 29, 1992) was a French militant, an institutional psychotherapist, philosopher, and semiotician; he founded both schizoanalysis and ecosophy.
Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze, was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art.
Gilles Deleuze, was a French philosopher who, from the early 1960s until his death, wrote influentially on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art.
Günter Weigand
Günter Weigand is a self-proclaimed “social lawyer”, economist and amateur prosecutor who became victim of a judicial and psychiatric scandal.
Günter Weigand is a self-proclaimed “social lawyer”, economist and amateur prosecutor who became victim of a judicial and psychiatric scandal.
Harvey Jackins
Carl Harvey Jackins was the founder, leader and principal theorist of Re-evaluation Counseling.
Carl Harvey Jackins was the founder, leader and principal theorist of Re-evaluation Counseling.
Hearing Voices Movement
Hearing Voices Movement is a philosophical trend in how people who hear voices are viewed.
Hearing Voices Movement is a philosophical trend in how people who hear voices are viewed.
History of anti-psychiatry
The history of anti-psychiatry includes a period centred on the 1960s and 1970s when antipsychiatry came to the fore, as well as precursors in previous decades and centuries, and more recent de...
The history of anti-psychiatry includes a period centred on the 1960s and 1970s when antipsychiatry came to the fore, as well as precursors in previous decades and centuries, and more recent de...
Icarus Project
The Icarus Project is a mental health movement characterized by the view that many phenomena commonly labeled as mental illness should actually be regarded as "dangerous gifts".
The Icarus Project is a mental health movement characterized by the view that many phenomena commonly labeled as mental illness should actually be regarded as "dangerous gifts".
Indeterminacy (philosophy)
Indeterminacy, in philosophy, can refer both to common scientific and mathematical concepts of uncertainty and their implications and to another kind of indeterminacy deriving from the nature of...
Indeterminacy, in philosophy, can refer both to common scientific and mathematical concepts of uncertainty and their implications and to another kind of indeterminacy deriving from the nature of...
Institution
An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community.
An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community.
Integrative milieu model
The integrative milieu model, developed by Kevin F. McCready, is an alternative treatment regime to the medical model of psychiatry for treating people suffering from psychological distress.
The integrative milieu model, developed by Kevin F. McCready, is an alternative treatment regime to the medical model of psychiatry for treating people suffering from psychological distress.
Involuntary commitment
Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court-ordered into treatment in a hospital or in the com...
Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court-ordered into treatment in a hospital or in the com...
Involuntary treatment
Involuntary treatment refers to medical treatment undertaken without a person's consent.
Involuntary treatment refers to medical treatment undertaken without a person's consent.
Judi Chamberlin
Judi Chamberlin (née Ross, October 30, 1944 – January 16, 2010) was an American activist, leader, organizer, public speaker and educator in the psychiatric survivors movement.
Judi Chamberlin (née Ross, October 30, 1944 – January 16, 2010) was an American activist, leader, organizer, public speaker and educator in the psychiatric survivors movement.
Kevin F. McCready
Kevin F. McCready (January 30, 1957-December 5, 2004) was a clinical psychologist in Fresno, California.
Kevin F. McCready (January 30, 1957-December 5, 2004) was a clinical psychologist in Fresno, California.
La Borde clinic
La Borde is a psychiatric clinic that opened in 1951, near the town of Cour-Cheverny in the Loire Valley of France.
La Borde is a psychiatric clinic that opened in 1951, near the town of Cour-Cheverny in the Loire Valley of France.
Leonard Roy Frank
Leonard Roy Frank is an American human rights activist, ECT survivor and writer from New York.
Leonard Roy Frank is an American human rights activist, ECT survivor and writer from New York.
Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry
Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry (ISBN 978-0-7658-0145-6) is a 2002 work on, and a critique of, psychiatry by Thomas Stephen Szasz.
Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry (ISBN 978-0-7658-0145-6) is a 2002 work on, and a critique of, psychiatry by Thomas Stephen Szasz.
Loren Mosher
Loren Richard Mosher was an American psychiatrist, clinical professor of psychiatry, expert on schizophrenia and the chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia in the National Institute of...
Loren Richard Mosher was an American psychiatrist, clinical professor of psychiatry, expert on schizophrenia and the chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia in the National Institute of...
Madness and Civilization
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique) is a 1964 abridged edition of the 1961 Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie...
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique) is a 1964 abridged edition of the 1961 Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie...
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.
Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.
MindFreedom International
MindFreedom International is an international coalition of over one hundred grassroots groups and thousands of individual members from fourteen nations.
MindFreedom International is an international coalition of over one hundred grassroots groups and thousands of individual members from fourteen nations.
Niall McLaren
Niall (Jock) McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist, author and theoretician.
Niall (Jock) McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist, author and theoretician.
Outline of the psychiatric survivors movement
Psychiatric survivors movement – diverse association of individuals who are either currently clients of mental health services, or who consider themselves survivors of interventions by psy...
Psychiatric survivors movement – diverse association of individuals who are either currently clients of mental health services, or who consider themselves survivors of interventions by psy...
Peter Breggin
Peter Roger Breggin (born May 11, 1936) is an American psychiatrist and critic of biological psychiatry and psychiatric medication.
Peter Roger Breggin (born May 11, 1936) is an American psychiatrist and critic of biological psychiatry and psychiatric medication.
Peter Lehmann (author)
Peter Lehmann is an author, social scientist, publisher, provider of a mail-order book-service and an independent freelance activist in humanistic anti-psychiatry, living in Berlin, Germany.
Peter Lehmann is an author, social scientist, publisher, provider of a mail-order book-service and an independent freelance activist in humanistic anti-psychiatry, living in Berlin, Germany.
Pharmacological Calvinism
Pharmacological Calvinism is a term describing the disapproving or condemning attitude of some Americans to the use of psychotropic medication.
Pharmacological Calvinism is a term describing the disapproving or condemning attitude of some Americans to the use of psychotropic medication.
Philadelphia Association
The Philadelphia Association is a UK "charity concerned with the understanding and relief of mental suffering."
The Philadelphia Association is a UK "charity concerned with the understanding and relief of mental suffering."
Psychiatric survivors movement
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as...
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as...
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death is a museum in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, as well as several touring exhibitions.
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death is a museum in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, as well as several touring exhibitions.
PsychRights
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, or PsychRights, in an Alaskan organization that seeks to "end the abuses against people diagnosed with mental illness through individual legal repre...
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, or PsychRights, in an Alaskan organization that seeks to "end the abuses against people diagnosed with mental illness through individual legal repre...
R. D. Laing
Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989) was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis.
Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989) was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis.
Radical Psychology Network
The Radical Psychology Network (RadPsyNet) began in Toronto in 1993 when two dozen people attended a discussion at the American Psychological Association convention entitled "Will Psychology Pay...
The Radical Psychology Network (RadPsyNet) began in Toronto in 1993 when two dozen people attended a discussion at the American Psychological Association convention entitled "Will Psychology Pay...
Re-evaluation Counseling
Re-evaluation Counseling or RC is an organization that seeks to help people through co-counseling and to bring about social reform.
Re-evaluation Counseling or RC is an organization that seeks to help people through co-counseling and to bring about social reform.
Richard Bentall
Richard Bentall (born 1956) is currently appointed as a Chair of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bangor in Wales, UK and is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist.
Richard Bentall (born 1956) is currently appointed as a Chair of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bangor in Wales, UK and is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist.
Rosenhan experiment
The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan in 1973.
The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan in 1973.
Rufus May
Rufus May is a British clinical psychologist best known for using his own experiences of being a psychiatric patient to promote alternative recovery approaches for those experiencing psychotic s...
Rufus May is a British clinical psychologist best known for using his own experiences of being a psychiatric patient to promote alternative recovery approaches for those experiencing psychotic s...
Scientology and psychiatry
Scientology and psychiatry have come into conflict since the foundation of Scientology in 1952.
Scientology and psychiatry have come into conflict since the foundation of Scientology in 1952.
Sid Briskin
The Philadelphia Association is a UK "charity concerned with the understanding and relief of mental suffering."
The Philadelphia Association is a UK "charity concerned with the understanding and relief of mental suffering."
Socialist Patients' Collective
The Socialist Patients' Collective (in German Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv, and known as the SPK) was a patients' collective founded in Heidelberg in February 1970, by Dr. Wolfga...
The Socialist Patients' Collective (in German Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv, and known as the SPK) was a patients' collective founded in Heidelberg in February 1970, by Dr. Wolfga...
Soteria
Soteria is a community service that provides a space for people experiencing mental distress or crisis.
Soteria is a community service that provides a space for people experiencing mental distress or crisis.
Starson v. Swayze
Starson v. Swayze, 2003 SCC 32, 2003
1 S.C.R. 722 was an important case at the Supreme Court of Canada that considered the legal requirements for determining if a person is capable of maki...
Starson v. Swayze, 2003 SCC 32, 2003
1 S.C.R. 722 was an important case at the Supreme Court of Canada that considered the legal requirements for determining if a person is capable of maki...
Stephen Ticktin
Stephen Jan Ticktin (born 1946) is a Canadian psychiatrist, therapist and lecturer, and a notable figure in the anti-psychiatry movement.
Stephen Jan Ticktin (born 1946) is a Canadian psychiatrist, therapist and lecturer, and a notable figure in the anti-psychiatry movement.
Teresa Cooper
Teresa Cooper is an author, researcher, freelance lecturer, public speaker and Children's Rights campaigner against family injustice and child abuse.
Teresa Cooper is an author, researcher, freelance lecturer, public speaker and Children's Rights campaigner against family injustice and child abuse.
The Gene Illusion
The Gene Illusion is a book by clinical psychologist Jay Joseph, published in 2003, which challenges the evidence underlying genetic theories in psychiatry and psychology.
The Gene Illusion is a book by clinical psychologist Jay Joseph, published in 2003, which challenges the evidence underlying genetic theories in psychiatry and psychology.
The Myth of Mental Illness
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct is a book by Thomas Szasz first published in 1961.
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct is a book by Thomas Szasz first published in 1961.
The Politics of Experience
The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise is a 1967 book by Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.
The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise is a 1967 book by Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.
Tim Jackins
Tim (Timothy) Jackins (born c. 1940) is the International Reference Person (leader) of Re-evaluation Counseling (RC), known officially as the "International Re-evaluation Counseling Communities".
Tim (Timothy) Jackins (born c. 1940) is the International Reference Person (leader) of Re-evaluation Counseling (RC), known officially as the "International Re-evaluation Counseling Communities".
Titicut Follies
Titicut Follies is a 1967 American documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman, about the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts Correcti...
Titicut Follies is a 1967 American documentary film directed by Frederick Wiseman, about the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts Correcti...
Trauma model of mental disorders
Trauma models of mental disorders (alternatively called trauma models of psychopathology) emphasize the effects of psychological trauma, particularly in early development, as the key causa...
Trauma models of mental disorders (alternatively called trauma models of psychopathology) emphasize the effects of psychological trauma, particularly in early development, as the key causa...
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry is an international organisation representing, and led by users and survivors of psychiatry.
The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry is an international organisation representing, and led by users and survivors of psychiatry.