Mental health, resistance and social movements: The collective-confrontational dimension
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Health Education Journal
- Vol. 61 (2), 138-152
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001789690206100205
Abstract
This paper discusses social movement opposition to medical inter vention, focusing specifically upon the anti-psychiatry and psychiatric survivor movements. The sociological properties and dynamics of movements are briefly outlined, as are their normative implications in relation to health matters.Keywords
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