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name: David Graham Cooper
about: David G. Cooper (1931-1986) was a psychiatrist and theorist who was prominent in the anti-psychiatry movement.Cooper graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1955. He moved to London, where he worked at several hospitals and directed an experimental unit for young schizophrenics called Villa 21. In 1965, he was involved with Ronald D. Laing and others in establishing the Philadelphia Association.