Abstract

MARTINEZ AZUMENDI, Óscar. Transition and psychiatric reform in Spain from the perspective of periodical publications produced by and for patients (1966-1989). Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.140, pp.325-355.  Epub Mar 14, 2022. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-57352021000200016.

Periodical publications produced by people with mental illness in psychiatric institutions (newspapers, magazines, newsletters…) have almost two centuries of history. However, despite their undeniable interest as a historiographic source and first-person narrative testimony, they have generally been neglected as an object of interest and study, and their conservation has also been neglected. The objective of this paper, after the search, digitization, and review of the largest number of these kind of publications in Spain between 1966 and 1989, is to present the reflection that the transition and Spanish reform of psychiatric care had in the localized publications. The great difficulty in finding a significant number of them, foreseeably some of them are already lost forever, motivated the parallel development of a project for the cataloguing and conservation of known collections, which is now open to public collaboration and accessible in www.psiquifanzines.com.

Keywords : periodical publications of people with mental illness; first person narratives; patient's magazines in psychiatric hospitals; sociotherapy; psychiatric reform.

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