Abstract
This important and significant book examines the proposition that "intellectually and morally the psychiatrist is more justified in taking forthright political stands than in striving only to maintain political neutrality." The author demonstrates that psychiatric intervention of any variety affects the distribution of power within the various social systems in which the patient moves. If politics is defined as the science of "how power is sought, distributed, and exercised within social systems," Dr. Halleck's arguments convincingly demonstrate that nearly all psychiatric treatment does have political consequences. A series of stimulating essay-chapters, which discuss social change, different forms of psychotherapy, community psychiatry, and social control on privacy, attempt to develop a philosophical ethical framework for psychiatric intervention, aware yet inevitably political. The author draws from his experience as a prison psychiatrist to expand a view of deviant behavior that includes student dissent, and will likely help the professional leader who has
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