Psychiatric Drag
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https://doi.org/10.65828/saxbcv74Keywords:
Psychiatric drag, pre-psychiatrist, existential analysis, mental illness, mystification, Thomas Szasz, Aaron Esterson, R. D. LaingAbstract
This paper identifies and defines what the author terms 'psychiatric drag' by examining the merged identity of psychotherapy with psychiatry. It argues that an authentic psychotherapy is one which is critical of its fusion with psychiatry. The concept of the 'pre-psychiatrist' is introduced as a way to identify and study psychiatric pre-judgment and bias.
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