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Maladjusted to injustice? Political agency, medicalization, and the user/survivor movement

Dan DegermanDepartment of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1010-1029 | Received 05 Apr 2019, Accepted 31 Jan 2020, Published online: 29 Apr 2020

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