SPK Komplex

Name: SPK Komplex
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-04-19
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Wolfgang Huber

2018
1h 51m

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The anti-psychiatric Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK) was founded in Heidelberg in 1970 and attributed individual suffering to society's capitalist structures. It began as a self-organiz... Read allThe anti-psychiatric Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK) was founded in Heidelberg in 1970 and attributed individual suffering to society's capitalist structures. It began as a self-organized experiment in group therapy led by doctor Wolfgang Huber with psychiatric patients, fea... Read allThe anti-psychiatric Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK) was founded in Heidelberg in 1970 and attributed individual suffering to society's capitalist structures. It began as a self-organized experiment in group therapy led by doctor Wolfgang Huber with psychiatric patients, featuring Hegel readings and individual agitation, before subsequently radicalizing, which en... Read all

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Wolfgang Huber

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- Gerd Kroske
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- Gerd Kroske
- Antje Stamer
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In 1970, Dr . Wolfgang Huber and a group of patients founded the anti-psychiatric "Socialist Patient's Collective" in Heidel-berg . Controversial therapy methods, political demands, and a massive interest in the movement from patients deeply dis-trustful of conventional "custodial psychiatry," led to run-ins with the University of Heidelberg and local authorities . The conflict quickly escalated and resulted in the radicalization of the SPK . Their experiment in group therapy ultimately ended in arrests, prison, and the revocation of Huber's license to practice medicine.