Witness History: Witness Archive 2017 - Revolutionary Psychiatrist RD Laing

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The man who changed the way people thought about mental illness. RD Laing became famous in the 1960s for rejecting traditional psychiatric drug treatments in favour of talking to patients.

Photo: 3rd February 1967: British psychiatrist R D Laing attends a discussion on the legalisation of marijuana. (Photo by Stan Meagher/Express/Getty Images)

Published on Tuesday, 25th April 2017.

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