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 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Anti-psychiatry
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is a controversial movement based on the experience that psychiatric treatment can often be more damaging than helpful to patients
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The term anti-psychiatry was coined in 1912, and the movement emerged in the 1960s.
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