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Users' movement and the challenge to psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mark Cohen
Mark Cohen*
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Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, G51 4TF
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In recent years the psychiatric users' movement has become more prominent and powerful. In this article aspects of the movement and some of the resultant challenges to psychiatrists are described. Psychiatrists are often regarded by users as resistant to its development. The author argues that psychiatrists may benefit from a creative engagement with this process of change.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , March 1998 , pp. 155 - 157
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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