DST 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Elizabeth Packard, Clifford Whittingham Beers, Mental Health
17 Dec 2015
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The idea that sane" is the norm, leaving those labeled mad" as marginalized and discriminated against. It also reinforces norms that a sane" person carries out. Disagreed with husband on how to raise a child, and was sent to an asylum. Became advocate for rights of those in asylums (inmates/lunatics) Experienced maltreatment in asylums, but became advocate. Alliance between ex-inmates and radical professionals (anti- psychiatry psychiatrists) Separated early on by those who wanted to reform the psychiatric system, and those who wanted alternatives. People identified as: (mental) patients or (ex) inmates. Phase 2: survivor phase - rights, self-determination, and empowerment (mid 70s-mid 80s) People started calling themselves psychiatric survivors (mid-70s officially) Became separatist groups, trying to provide alternative, community- Only identify with their professional terminology to get treatment, based social supports. Felt like psychiatrists didn"t listen to them. Reject notion that they are mentally ill. Getting to choose what they are advocating for.
