antipsychiatry

Since Laing refused to view mental illness in biomedical/clinical terms, he has often been labelled as part of the so-called 'antipsychiatry' movement, alongside figures such as David Cooper, Thomas Szasz and Michel Foucault.

spiritofnow Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

Since Laing refused to view mental illness in biomedical/clinical terms, he has often been labelled as part of the so-called 'antipsychiatry' movement, alongside figures such as David Cooper, Thomas Szasz and Michel Foucault.

Archive 2005-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

In the 1960s, a movement called "antipsychiatry" (prompted in Britain by R.

Anis Shivani: The Mass Production of Mental Illness and What To Do About It 2009

Interestingly, antipsychiatry and psychiatry share the same goal of expanding the definition of people with whatever it is they claim to represent.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010

An organization that accepts the antipsychiatry mantra that we have medicalized everything, and their devotion to confronting abuse, but rejects their position that mental illness does not exist.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010

Unfortunately in their rush to medicalize "lived-experiences" they have, like antipsychiatry become the driving force behind the movement away from funding services, research and programs for serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia, and instead have encouraged diverting those dollars to fund mental anything.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010

Because of their beliefs, antipsychiatry has tried to eliminate your right to choose electroconvulsive therapy, antipsychotics, hospitalization and other helpful treatments.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010

Interestingly, antipsychiatry and psychiatry share the same goal of expanding the definition of people with whatever it is they claim to represent.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010

Two broad groups control the nation's mental health agenda: antipsychiatry and psychiatry.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010

The antipsychiatry agenda is led by a religious organization Scientology and government-funded "survivor" and "ex-patient" organizations.

DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010