The “Mad Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo” and the pathologisation of sociopolitical dissent

Agustín ArteseInstitute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Alexander SmithDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bern, Ana BuadzePsychiatric University Hospital, University of Zurich, Dinesh BhugraInstitute of Psychiatry, s College London, Juan GrañaDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bern, Robert van VorenAndrei Sakharov Research Centre for Democratic Development, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania and Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry, Michael LiebrenzDepartment of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bern

Australasian Psychiatry

Published online on June 15, 2026