Asylum (magazine)

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Asylum is a quarterly not-for-profit publication described by its creators as a "forum for debate about mental health and psychiatry". It is based in the UK, and was first published in 1989.[1] It was established by Alec Jenner, professor of psychiatry,[2] Phil Virden, executive editor for the first six years, Lyn Bigwood, among others. Terence McLaughlin was the magazine's executive editor from 2000 to 2007. Inspired by the Democratic Psychiatry movement in Italy, the first issue contained a long interview with R. D. Laing.[3]

It is currently published by PCCS books[4] and is run by an editorial collective of unpaid volunteers.[5] The magazine contains articles, cartoons, news and comments and a creative writing section, covering controversial issues around psychiatry. Anyone can submit content to the magazine, but the Editorial Collective claims to "particularly focus on content that would not be found in the mainstream press". The magazine was re-launched in 2010, after a short break. The Magazine runs conferences, public meetings and other events. There is a London group formed in 2012. [6]

References[]

  1. ^ T. Kendall; F. Jenner (1989). "'Asylum': a new magazine". Psychiatric Bulletin. 13 (10). doi:10.1192/pb.13.10.571-a.
  2. ^ "Professor Alec Jenner - Honorary Doctorate - 1992".
  3. ^ Lyn Bigwood,RMN talks to R.D. Laing - Sanity, Madness and the Psychiatric Profession. Asylum - a magazine for democratic psychiatry, 1(1), Spring 1986, 13-21.
  4. ^ Parker, Ian. "Asylum: Democratic Psychiatry in 2010". Socialist Resistance. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Speech Acts / Asylumonline.org". Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Asylum Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry". Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Further reading[]

  • Spandler, H. (2020). Asylum. A magazine for democratic psychiatry in England. In: T. Burns & J. Foot (eds.), Basaglia's International Legacy. From Asylum to Community. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 205-225.

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