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Tytuł:
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Changing Psychiatry or Changing Society? The Motion for the Rights of the "Mentally Ill" in Greece, 1980-1990.
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Autorzy:
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Kritsotaki D; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), Paris, France.
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Źródło:
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Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences [J Hist Med Allied Sci] 2021 Oct 20; Vol. 76 (4), pp. 440-461.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: New Haven.
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MeSH Terms:
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Mental Disorders*/therapy
Mentally Ill Persons*
Psychiatry*
Greece ; Humans ; Mental Health
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Grant Information:
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 793875 European Union's Horizon 2020; 793875 European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: 1970s–1980s; Greece; Mental patient movement; activism; mental health; psychiatry; radical psychiatry; social movements
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20210804 Date Completed: 20211028 Latest Revision: 20211028
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Update Code:
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20240105
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PubMed Central ID:
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PMC8529520
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DOI:
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10.1093/jhmas/jrab020
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PMID:
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34345900
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In 1980, the first formal association of mental patients, their relatives, and mental health professionals was founded in Athens, Greece. The Motion for the Rights of the "Mentally Ill" proposed a total restructuring of mental health care and a novel conceptualization of mental illness. On the one hand, it demanded that the mental health system be based on open services, psychotherapy, and on patients' active participation in all decisions concerning their treatment and life. On the other hand, it conceptualized mental illness as a political issue that concerned all. Thus, the Motion viewed the promotion of the rights of the mentally ill as part of a broader project of cultivating conscious, active, and collective citizenship. This paper traces the Motion's history during the 1980s, showing that it was shaped by both the socio-political conditions of Greece in the post-dictatorship period, a time of intense politicization, and by the legacy of mental patient activism in the Western world during the 1970s and 1980s. It argues that, although the Motion had a limited long-term impact, it represented the mental patient movement in Greece as it furthered the latter's main features, most importantly its twofold endeavor to change not only the mental health system and the attitudes towards mental illness, but also society.
(© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press.)