Abstract
In this article, we reflect on some of the personal, professional and political contexts in which Peter Sedgwick wrote PsychoPolitics and the impact that it had on us when we first read it in 1982. In exploring the relevance of Peter Sedgwick’s work to the situation faced by mental health service users, survivors, activists and academics in 2015, we consider two topics: first, Sedgwick’s critique of the radical libertarian understanding of ‘mental illness’ developed by Thomas Szasz; and, second, Sedgwick’s vision of a ‘programme for radical action in mental health’.
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