Psychopolitics: Peter Sedgwick's legacy for the politics of mental health

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-147

  Cresswell, Mark ^a   Spandler, Helen ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti psychiatry; Crisis tendencies; Mental health; Political alliances; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650252501     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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