Psychiatry's Hidden Dangers: The Contentious Role in Societal Control

(Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock PhotoBy Caitjan Gainty, King’s College London) In "No More Normal," psychiatrist Alastair Santhouse discusses how psychiatry has been misused for societal control. He highlights cases like Soviet "refuseniks" and Chinese dissidents, demonstrating how political psychiatry targets dissenters. This abuse reveals the fluidity of psychiatric diagnoses in response to social change and norms.