The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH) was an organization founded in 1970 by

Thomas Szasz Thomas Stephen Szasz ( ; hu, Szász Tamás István ; 15 April 1920 – 8 September 2012) was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate M ...

, George Alexander, and

Erving Goffman Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born sociology, sociologist, Social psychology (sociology), social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth ...

for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly

involuntary commitment Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hos ...

. The founding of the AAAIMH was announced by Szasz in 1971 on the ''

American Journal of Public Health The ''American Journal of Public Health'' is a monthly peer-reviewed public health journal published by the American Public Health Association that covers health policy and public health. The journal was established in 1911 and its stated missio ...

'' and ''

American Journal of Psychiatry ''The American Journal of Psychiatry'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of psychiatry, and is the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. The first volume was issued in 1844, at which time it was k ...

''. In the Platform Statement of the association, one can read: Board chairman of the association was

. The association provided legal help to psychiatric patients and published a journal, ''

The Abolitionist President of the United States, Presidents of the United States have often acquired nicknames, both flattering and unflattering. This list is intended to note those nicknames that were in common use at the time they were in office or shortly the ...

''. The organisation was dissolved in 1980.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:American Association For The Abolition Of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization Organizations established in 1970 1970 establishments in New York (state) Organizations disestablished in 1980 1980 disestablishments in New York (state) Organizations based in Syracuse, New York Mental health organizations in New York (state) Human rights organizations based in the United States Anti-psychiatry Defunct organizations based in New York (state)

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