Abstract

OOSTERHUIS, Harry. Madness, mental health and citizenship: from possessive individualism to neoliberalism. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2018, vol.38, n.134, pp.515-545.  Epub Feb 01, 2021. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-57352018000200010.

Since its emergence as a branch of medicine in the wake of the Enlightenment and French Revolution, psychiatry has experienced significant transformations against the background of different socio-economic and political changes In Western societies. In this wider context we see a recurring tension between the interest of the individual and that of the social body as a whole. This friction is closely related to opposing dynamics in psychiatry and mental health care: humanisation versus disciplining, emancipation versus coercion, inclusion versus exclusion, and democratic citizenship versus political subjection. This article provides a conceptual analysis and an historical overview on the ambivalent relations between on the one hand psychiatry and mental health care and on the other politics, and, more particularly, the development of the modern understanding of citizenship.

Keywords : madness; mental health; citizenship; politics; individualism; liberalism.

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