Crossley, Nick, 1968-

Contesting psychiatry : social movements in mental health / Nick Crossley - Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2006 - 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Critical studies in health and society .

Researching resistance -- Social movements, SMOs and fields of contention -- A value-added model of mobilisation -- contextualising contention -- Mental hygiene and early protests -- Anti-psychiatry and'The Sixties' -- Parents, people and a radical change of mind -- A union of mental patients -- Networks, survivors and international connections -- Consolidation and backlash

041535417X (pbk.) 0415354161 (hardback) RM518.25


History, 20th Century--Great Britain
Mental Health Services--history--Great Britain
Patient Rights--history--Great Britain

WM11 FA1 / .C951c 2006