R.D. Laing (1927–1989): Existential Psychiatrist

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The article provides a brief biography of the the controversial "existential psychiatrist" R.D. Laing, including discussions of his association with the "Kingsley Hall Group", his trip to India and Sri Lanka, his notion of "Transpersonal Psychology", his notion of a "humanizing" form of psychiatriac therapy, and his influence

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The Divided Self, An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness.R. D. Laing - 1960 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 15 (3):405-405.
The facts of life.Ronald David Laing - 1976 - London: Allen Lane.
The Sociological Imagination of R. D. Laing.Susie Scott & Charles Thorpe - 2006 - Sociological Theory 24 (4):331 - 352.

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