Psychopolitics

An impassioned critique of mental health movements from one of the left's most important thinkers on health

List of contents

Introduction to the New Edition

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Part One: Anti-Psychiatry

1. Anti-Psychiatry, Illness and the Mentally Ill

2. Psycho-Medical Dualism: The Case of Erving Goffman

3. R.D. Laing: The Radical Trip

4. R.D. Laing: The Return to Psychiatry

5. Michel Foucault: The Anti-History of Psychiatry

6. Psychiatry and Politics in Thomas Szasz

Part Two: Psychiatry and Liberation

7. Mental Health Movements and Issues: A Survey and Prospect

References

Index

About the author

Peter Sedgwick (1934-1983) was a Marxist, a trained psychologist and the translator of the revolutionary Victor Serge. His classic book PsychoPolitics is considered to be his major achievement, lauded by psychiatrists, social workers and philosophers alike.
Tad Tietze is a psychiatrist who lives in Sydney, Australia. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Modern Age, Overland, Historical Materialism, Australasian Psychiatry and Critical and Radical Social Work. He tweets as @Dr_Tad.

Summary

An impassioned critique of mental health movements from one of the left’s most important thinkers on health

Product details

• Authors: Peter Sedgwick, Sedgwick Peter
• Assisted by: Tad Tietze (Introduction)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780745347226
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4722-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychiatry, Social welfare & social services, Health psychology, Care of the mentally ill, Social welfare and social services, Care of people with mental health issues