Truth and reconciliation in psychiatry: a response to Spandler and McKeown

Cresswell, Mark (2017) Truth and reconciliation in psychiatry: a response to Spandler and McKeown. Mental Health Review Journal, 22 (4). pp. 324-331. ISSN 1361-9322

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Abstract

Purpose:- To critique Spandler and McKeown's recent advocacy of a Truth and Reconciliation process in psychiatry.
Approach:- A critique of a recent article in Mental Health Review Journal.
Findings:- That Spandler and McKeown's advocacy of a Truth and Reconciliation process in psychiatry can be criticised from a number of inter-related practical, political and ethical perspectives.
Value:- The present critique contributes to the ongoing debate about the desirability of a Truth and Reconciliation process in psychiatry.

Item Type: Article
Identifier: 10.1108/MHRJ-09-2017-0041
Additional Information: Cresswell, M. (2017), "Truth and reconciliation in psychiatry: a response to Spandler and McKeown", Mental Health Review Journal, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 324-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-09-2017-0041
Keywords: forced psychiatry, truth and reconciliation, testimony, democracy
Subjects: Law and criminal justice > Law
Medicine and health > Mental health
Depositing User: Jisc Router
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2019 16:32
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2024 16:01
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/6603

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