Mad Pride Movement

The Mad Pride Movement is a movement propagating advocacy for the mentally ill, neurodivergent, etc in the form of reclaiming oneself from these labels and not viewing them as something bad, but rather a part of oneself, that should be embraced with pride. They are associated with the anti-psychiatry movement, not in the sense of anti-medicine and other anti-scientific or empiricist anti-psychiatrists, but anti-psychiatry in the sense of Guattari. Both advocate that different mental illnesses should not be viewed as deficiencies, but different ways of viewing the world.

Praxis usually consists of the reclamation of certain labels used in a derogatory connotation towards mentally ill people, such as sch*zo, cr*zy, etc. This is similar to the actions of the LGBT+ community, which have reclaimed certain slurs such as the word queer. More specific praxis includes advocation mad anarchism, meant to mirror

They have protested for a couple decades under their label, advocating for better treatment by social workers and a change in society's perception of the mentally ill more generally. While a small movement, their points will influence the course of modern psychology.



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