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Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness—in particular, psychosis and schizophrenia.
R.D. Laing (born October 7, 1927, Glasgow, Scotland—died August 23, 1989, Saint-Tropez, France) was a British psychiatrist noted for his alternative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia. Laing was born into a working-class family and grew up in Glasgow.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 26, 2017 · RD Laing was not only Scotland's most famous psychiatrist but for a period in the 1960s he was one of the most famous therapists in the world.
Apr 23, 2012 · R.D. Laing was a pioneer of humane and psycho-social approaches for people in serious crisis. He challenged psychiatric diagnosis, coercion, and normality, and influenced Rosenhan's study of mental hospitals.
RD Laing: Was the counterculture's favourite psychiatrist a dangerous renegade or a true visionary? Fifty years after Ronald David Laing set up his experimental mental-health facility – without...
- Maureen Paton
Learn about the life and work of R. D. Laing, a pioneer of post-war psychiatry and a controversial figure in the counter-culture movement. Explore his 15 books, including The Divided Self, Sanity, Madness and the Family, and The Politics of Experience.
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Aug 24, 1989 · R. D. Laing, the British psychiatrist who broke with traditional psychotherapy and sought new treatments for schizophrenia based on a concern for the rights of mental patients, died suddenly...
