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Contesting Psychiatry - Social Movements in Mental Health (Hardcover)
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Contesting Psychiatry - Social Movements in Mental Health (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Studies in Health and Society
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Sociologists have written much about power in relation to
psychiatry and mental health services. Until now, however, there
has been little research on resistance to this power, whether in
the form of individual crusades or the collective efforts of social
movements. As a result, a central thread in the social constitution
of the mental health system has been overlooked.
"Contesting Psychiatry "explores the history of resistance to
psychiatry between 1950 and 2000, and more particularly, the
history of the social movements who have mounted this resistance,
calling psychiatry into question. Key features include:
an account of the key social movements and organizations who have
contested psychiatry over the last fifty years
the theorization of resistance to psychiatry which might apply to
other national contexts and to social movement formation and
protest in other medical arenas
the exploration of theories of power in psychiatry
Original and provocative in its approach, "Contesting Psychiatry
"offers a new sociological perspective on psychiatry. It is
essential reading for students and academics alike and a unique
contribution to the sociological understanding of psychiatry and
medicine.
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