Anti-psychiatry, sometimes spelled antipsychiatry, is a controversial movement based on the view that psychiatric treatment can often be more damaging than helpful to patients. The term anti-psychiatry was coined in 1912, and the movement itself emerged in the 1960s, highlighting controversies about psychiatry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionDoes psychiatric diagnosis and treatment help patients, or does it primarily serve social control and cause more harm than good? 1 Founded Year Still Active Connections
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Anti-psychiatry, sometimes spelled antipsychiatry, analyzes, questions, and opposes both the theoretical foundations and the practices of psychiatry.
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The term anti-psychiatry was coined in 1912, and the movement emerged in the 1960s.
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The movement continues to influence thinking about psychiatry and psychology, both within and outside of those fields, particularly in terms of the relationship between providers of treatment and those receiving it.
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