Antipsychiatry is a school of psychiatric, humanist, and religious thought that holds [[psychiatry]] to be based on false assumptions and to be far more harmful than helpful to its patients. Noteable figures include psychiatrist [[Thomas Szasz]], University of Illinois professor of psychology [[Orval Hobart Mowrer]], Presbyterian minister [[Jay E. Adams]], and Scottish psychiatrist [[Ronald David Laing]]. | Antipsychiatry is a school of psychiatric, humanist, and religious thought that holds [[psychiatry]] to be based on false assumptions and to be far more harmful than helpful to its patients. Noteable figures include psychiatrist [[Thomas Szasz]], University of Illinois professor of psychology [[Orval Hobart Mowrer]], Presbyterian minister [[Jay E. Adams]], and Scottish psychiatrist [[Ronald David Laing]]. |