Attheheartofourproblemisviolence.Thesortofviolencethat Ishallconsiderhere,however,haslittletodowithpeoplehitting eachotherontheheadwithhammersandwillnotmuchbe aboutwhatcrazymentalpatientsaresupposedtodo.Ifoneisto speakofviolenceinpsychiatry,theviolencethatstaresoutscreaming,proclaimingitselfassuchsoloudlythatitisrarelyheard,is thesubtle,tortuousviolencethatotherpeople,the'saneones', perpetrateagainstthelabelledmadmen.Insofaraspsychiatry representstheinterestsorpretendedinterestsofthesaneones,we maydiscoverthat,infact,violenceinpsychiatryispre-eminently theviolenceofpsychiatry.