Radical Psychology

Radical Psychology was an online, peer-edited journal published by members of the Radical Psychology Network (RadPsyNet) beginning in 1999. The journal examined the politics of the psy-disciplines: psychiatric survivor movements, critical and community psychology, anti-psychiatry, neurodiversity, and the social contexts of mental health practice.

Selected Articles from the Archive

• Call Me Antipsychiatry Activist — Not “Consumer” — Don Weitz, Vol. 3(1–2), 2002. Reprinted from Ethical Human Sciences and Services 5(1). Cited in Wikipedia’s “Mental disorder”.
• Across the Lines: The Phenomenology of Cooperation Between an Israeli Psychologist and Palestinian Mental Health Professionals — Moshe Landsman, Vol. 3, 2002.
• Social Justice and Counseling Latino Clients — Vol. 4, cited in Revista de Educación de Puerto Rico.
• Post Vietnam Syndrome: National Identity, War, and the Politics of Humiliation — Myra Mendible, Vol. 7(1).
• “Are You Sure, Sweetheart, That You Want to Be Well?”: An Exploration of the Neurodiversity Movement — Kathryn Boundy, Vol. 7(1).
• Psychiatric Slave No More: Parallels to a Black Liberation Psychology — Lauren Tenney, Vol. 7(1), 2008.
• We All Go Astray — Leon Redler, Vol. 7(2). On R.D. Laing and psychotherapy.
• Fat Panic in Canadian Public Health Policy: Obesity as Different and Unhealthy — Vol. 8(1), cited by Memorial University of Newfoundland.
• Mothering on the Margins — Gillian Craig et al., Vol. 9(2). Listed in City, University of London’s research repository.

About the Journal

The journal’s editorial collective operated under the Radical Psychology Network, whose founding discussion — “Will Psychology Pay Attention to Its Own Radical Critics?” — took place at the 1993 American Psychological Association convention in Toronto. Issues appeared irregularly between 1999 and approximately 2010. Original formatting has been preserved where possible; some images and internal links from the original hosting may be unavailable.