Sanity, Madness and the Family

Laing, R.D; Esterson, Aaron

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“…Laing and Cooper shared the premise that people develop their personal identities by virtue of being reflected in the attitudes of other people and society in general (Cooper, 1971;Laing, 1967). Especially in The Divided Self, Laing (1960) contrasts the social stability that signifies the ontologically secure individual with those individuals with unstable relationships -family in particular -owing to so-called double binds: paradoxical demands forced on the individual by social circumstances (Laing and Esterson, 1971). Psychiatry contributes to destabilizing the sense of identity by reducing psychological problems to inherited biological diseases, rather than treating them at the psychological level.…”

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses as ideal types: A reinterpretation of stigma within the context of mainstream education

Skovlund

2019

Theory and Research in Education

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Children with psychiatric diagnoses such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention-deficit disorder and autism spectrum disorder have often been the topic of heated debate between those who favour the view that the global increase in children who receive these diagnoses is the result of pathologizing and stigmatizing discourses and those who favour the view that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder are neurodevelopmental disabilities. This conflict leaves the field divided with regard to which educational strategies teachers and education workers should use with these children in mainstream educational contexts. The core of the problem is the extent to which such diagnoses may be considered a help or stigma in the ongoing quest to include these children in state schools on the same footing as every other child. This article approaches this dilemma from a different theoretical standpoint than those that have guided criticism of psychiatric diagnoses since the rise of anti-psychiatry. The consequence of this theoretical standpoint is that both the idea of the relationship between diagnoses and stigma, and the concept of stigma itself, must be altered when seeking to provide fruitful educational strategies for these children in mainstream educational settings such as state schools.

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Section: The Legacy Of Anti-psychiatrymentioning

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses as ideal types: A reinterpretation of stigma within the context of mainstream education

Skovlund

2019

Theory and Research in Education

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“…The research compiled in Sanity, Madness and the Family was never intended to sit as a singular entity. In a draft paper for the second edition of the text, Laing and Esterson (1964a) revealed that it was supposed to be the first part of three volumes of study on the subject of family and schizophrenia, with volume two containing a critical examination of other studies of families in relation to psychosis, and volume three a study of a contrast group of ‘ordinary’ families. Here they underlined the conclusions already revealed by the previous study, proposing the need to push further into the realms of families deemed ‘normal’ to uncover a contrast between them and the families of schizophrenics.…”

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“…Here they underlined the conclusions already revealed by the previous study, proposing the need to push further into the realms of families deemed ‘normal’ to uncover a contrast between them and the families of schizophrenics. Laing and Esterson hoped not only to develop theoretical thinking about families in general by composing ‘ideographically, individual pictures or gestalts of each family we study’ (Laing and Esterson, 1964a: 8), but also to develop a method that would allow them to detect the differences between the families under consideration. One aspect of this method was to create an audio-visual record of the families, for they were as interested in what they could see as what they could hear (p. 13).…”

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“…Although these plans never led to a finished publication, the majority of the work, a reported 15 ‘normal’ families interviewed (Laing and Esterson, 1964a: 1), was indeed carried out. It has been documented by some that Laing was bored rigid by these so-called ‘normal’ families (see A Laing, 2004) and, as his preference for dealing with ‘psychosis’ showed, this could be why the research never gained published status.…”

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‘The world is full of big bad wolves’: investigating the experimental therapeutic spaces of R.D. Laing and Aaron Esterson

McGeachan

2014

Hist Psychiatry

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In conjunction with the recent critical assessments of the life and work of R.D. Laing, this paper seeks to demonstrate what is revealed when Laing’s work on families and created spaces of mental health care are examined through a geographical lens. The paper begins with an exploration of Laing’s time at the Tavistock Clinic in London during the 1960s, and of the co-authored text with Aaron Esterson entitled, Sanity, Madness and the Family (1964). The study then seeks to demonstrate the importance Laing and his colleague placed on the time-space situatedness of patients and their worlds. Finally, an account is provided of Laing’s and Esterson’s spatial thinking in relation to their creation of both real and imagined spaces of therapeutic care.

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“…88-91). Laing και οι οπαδοί του(Laing & Esterson, 1964, σελ. 52), προερχόμενοι από το χώρο της ψυχικής υγείας σκιαγραφούσαν την οικογένεια ως τον κακόβουλο «προγραμματιστή» των ψυχώσεων και των αποκαλούμενων «φυσιολογικών» ενηλίκων που πλαισιώνουν την κοινωνία.…”

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Οι Επιπτώσεις Του Διαζυγίου Στην Ψυχοκοινωνική Ανάπτυξη Των Παιδιών 8-12 Ετών

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Introduction: Divorce is undoubtedly a condition with negative consequences for children, in respect to both their sentimental world and their conduct.Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the impact of divorce on the psychological and social development of children aged 8-12 and to compare children of divorced parents with those of nondivorced (integral families).Method: 600 students and 208 teachers made up the sample of the present dissertation. The method of simple random sampling and Quota Sampling was used in selecting the subjects of the study.The following tools were used:  T. Achenbach's Teacher's Report Form (TRF) and Youth Self Report (YSR) questionnaires  R. Riggio's (1986) Social Skills Inventory questionnaire of auto-description , students' evaluation by their teachers, questionnaire of social behavior (School Social Behavior Scale)  Merrell's (1993a) personal questionnaires, one for children and another for teachers.Results: Children of divorced parents, compared with children of non-divorced (families), exhibit more stress-depression, have more social problems, a greater difficulty in thinking and concentrating and are more aggressive. They are less socially expressive and emotionally sensitive, while they care less for interpersonal skills and school activities. Last, children of divorced parents compared to those of nondivorced are more aggressive-irritable in their conduct and anti-social-aggressive.Conclusions: Children of non-divorced parents exhibit fewer problems and have better interpersonal skills than children of single-parent families. These conclusions necessitate the presence of school psychologists, and teacher awareness regarding problems of children of divorced parents. It is also imperative that programs be applied aiming at facilitating child adjustment to the new living conditions accruing after their parents' divorce.

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Sanity, Madness and the Family

Abstract: Laing and Esterson describe an investigation of 11 patients suffering from ronic or acute and episodic schizophrenia, and of their families. Patients and

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses as ideal types: A reinterpretation of stigma within the context of mainstream education

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses as ideal types: A reinterpretation of stigma within the context of mainstream education

‘The world is full of big bad wolves’: investigating the experimental therapeutic spaces of R.D. Laing and Aaron Esterson

Οι Επιπτώσεις Του Διαζυγίου Στην Ψυχοκοινωνική Ανάπτυξη Των Παιδιών 8-12 Ετών

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