Radical psychiatry

• Study/treatment of mental illness, emotional disturbance - incorporating a holistic approach that includes societal, cultural, and political factors influencing mental Health.

Laing:

• saw the family as one of the key sources of madness- schizophrenia → understanding diagnosed comes from exploring social context of their lives ( family life )

• parents act as ‘ gangsters ‘→ strict rules are set and if broken there are consequences - a hierarchy

• family is suffocating, emotional intensity -→ darker side of the family

Evaluation:

Parson - we need to focus on the support the family provides → socialise children + emotional support - value consensus remains within society.

Leach:

• Describes modern family life like an overloaded electrical circuit → parents fight + children rebel.

• The isolated nuclear family has been emotionally catastrophic

Evaluation:

Parson- gender roles lead to harmony and support → establishing roles to be followed by all

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