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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]
Aug 19, 2024 · 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.
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R.D. Laing was a controversial figure to the Establishment and a hero to the counter-culture movement of the 1960s which viewed R. D. Laing as a pioneering humanitarian whose works displayed an authentic existential understanding of psychosis.
Apr 23, 2012 · Posted April 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...
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...
May 8, 2018 · Scottish existential psychiatrist who argued that insanity could be a creative and adaptive response to the world. Ronald David Laing, or R.D., as he was invariably known, developed the theory that mental illness was an escape mechanism that allowed individuals to free themselves from intolerable circumstances.
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Mar 16, 2017 · Remembering R.D. Laing. A brilliant man that the world has sorely missed for 28 years. Posted Mar 16, 2017. It was early July 1989, and my friends and I were driving through the scenic Austrian...