Article ID: CBB001550846

“Therapy Means Political Change, Not Peanut Butter”: American Radical Psychiatry, 1968--1975 (2014)

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As early as the 1950s, the profession of psychiatry in the United States began to experience a series of subtle adjustments. By the mid-1960s, the American Psychiatric Association was gripped and bound by the larger social, economic and political trends of the era. Widespread political activist movements focused on the Vietnam War, civil rights for blacks, and the elevation of feminism. Amid this contentious, transitional climate, factions in the field of mental health deliberated over best practices as well as broader questions of modernisation, scientific legitimacy and human rights. The Radical Caucus of the American Psychiatric Association was one such faction. It included black and women's wings and challenged other members of the APA to embrace the transformative zeitgeist of the 1960s, as well as connect these tenets to the practice of psychiatry. This paper offers a snapshot of an important period in the history of American psychiatry, politics, and culture.

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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Kylie M.
Chard, Daniel S.
Cahalan, Susannah
Botelho, Alyssa
Freyfogle, Eric T.
Torruella, Rafael A.
Concepts
Science and politics
Political activists and activism
Science and culture
Environmentalism
Cold War
Science and society
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Japan
Wisconsin (U.S.)
Brazil
Institutions
Federation of American Scientists
Strategic Defense Initiative
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