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Spotlight on Mental Health: Trauma, recovery, and justice

The Lancet Voice

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Power Dynamics in Psychiatry

This chapter explores the complex power dynamics within psychiatry, contrasting coercion with ideals of mutuality. It addresses systemic failures in mental health care, the need for trauma-informed approaches, and the historical context of deinstitutionalization, while advocating for humane treatment options.

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