ABSTRACT
The social movement of “the mad” has been variously referred to as the “mad liberation,” “anti-psychiatry,” “psychiatric survivor,” “ex-patient,” “ex-inmate,” and “mental health consumer” movement. The variety of terms illustrates the diversity of concerns, attitudes, and foci that have developed as the movement has grown and changed. Some segments of the movement have been extremely radical and separatist, working to abolish the powers of psychiatry. Other segments have taken a more collaborative route, working to reform the mental health system and provide more responsive, clientdriven services and policy changes. Often they have met in the middle.
