The fundamental beliefs of anti-psychiatry movement. First, families, institutions, and the state are as much of the cause of illness as a person’s biological functioning or genetic make-up. Second, they oppose the medical. And lastly, they believed that certain religious and ethnic groups were oppressed because they were oppressed because they were seen as abnormal.
2.) What changes to psychiatry do anti-psychiatry advocates call for?
The changes to psychiatry that anti-psychiatry advocate for is “humane psychiatry”. Where they challenge psychiatric language and the illusion of bio-medical. They need to be more sympathetic to social-economic. With labels changed and …show more content…
4.) Why has it been difficult for disability activists and Mad Pride members to join forces and form a sustained coalition?
There has been difficulty for disability activists and Mad Pride members to join forces and form a sustained coalitions for multiple reasons. Whether because the two groups are composed of different subcultures. Disability advocates have a certain style toward mental difference and don’t even want to be associated with Mad Pride. While Mad Pride express discomfort with the “disability” label and feel that disability struggles are separate from their concerns because physical disability does not involve the same level of state coercion.
5.) How does the Mad Pride movement stand in relation to the medical model and social models of disability?
Mad Pride leans more toward the social models of disability in relation to their movement. Medical models view it as a problem that need a cure with labels and stigmatization. While social models they are trying to emphasizes the importance