PsychoPolitics

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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Sedgwick, Sedgwick Peter
• Assisted by: Tad Tietze (Introduction)
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2022
• EAN: 9780745347257
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4725-7
• Weight: 535 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; 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