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Scientific career. Fields. Psychiatry. Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness —in particular, psychosis and schizophrenia. [1]
R.D. Laing (born October 7, 1927, Glasgow, Scotland—died August 23, 1989, Saint-Tropez, France) was a British psychiatrist noted for his alternative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia. Laing was born into a working-class family and grew up in Glasgow.
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Feb 26, 2017 · By Steven Brocklehurst. BBC Scotland news website. RD Laing was not only Scotland's most famous psychiatrist but for a period in the 1960s he was one of the most famous therapists in the world....
Apr 23, 2012 · In the 1960's and 70's, R.D. Laing became a popular public figure. His initial text, The Divided Self, helped make the experience labeled as schizophrenia understandable and it shared his...
Aug 24, 1989 · R. D. Laing, the British psychiatrist who broke with traditional psychotherapy and sought new treatments for schizophrenia based on a concern for the rights of mental patients, died suddenly...
Ronald David Laing, or R.D. Laing as he was known professionally, (October 7, 1927 – August 23, 1989), was a British psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness, particularly psychosis. The development of his unorthodox views stemmed from early professional outrage with some of the practices he considered inhumane.
Learn about the life and work of R. D. Laing, a pioneer of post-war psychiatry and a controversial figure in the counter-culture movement. Explore his 15 books, including The Divided Self, Sanity, Madness and the Family, and The Politics of Experience.
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