Ronald David Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness, particularly psychosis and schizophrenia. Politically, Laing was regarded as a thinker of the New Left. He has been theatrically portrayed by Mike Maran, Alan Cox, Billy Mack, and David Tennant in the 2017 film Mad to Be Normal.
- Occupation
- military physician, psychiatrist, physician writer, non-fiction writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- October 7, 1927
- Died
- August 23, 1989
