▁to ▁the ▁journal ' s ▁real ▁audience . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁“ rad ical ” ▁and ▁“ ther ap ist ” ▁were ▁he ated ly ▁deb ated ; ▁many ▁in ▁the ▁collect ive ▁held ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁suspect . ▁The ▁struggle ▁sp illed ▁onto ▁the ▁pages ▁of ▁the ▁journal ▁itself . ▁Ther ap ists ▁who ▁were ▁deeply ▁critical ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁ther apy ▁“ est ab lish ment ” ▁now ▁found ▁themselves ▁having ▁to ▁defend ▁ther apy ▁as ▁a ▁b ona ▁f ide ▁discipline ▁— ▁and ▁themselves ▁as ▁“ priv ile ged ” ▁individuals . ▁Cont ention ▁among ▁the ▁collect ive ▁about ▁the ▁journal ' s ▁name , ▁and ▁by ▁imp lication ▁its ▁base ▁and ▁audience , ▁deep ened . ▁Some ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁collect ive ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁focus ▁on ▁ther apy ▁profession als ▁had ▁been ▁both ▁limited ▁and ▁el it ist , ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁revolution ary - mind ed ▁staff ▁members ▁ur ged ▁the ▁journal ▁to ▁go ▁beyond ▁the ▁ther apy ▁world ▁and ▁expand ▁its ▁support ▁to ▁all ▁b ona ▁f ide ▁liber ation ▁movements . ▁More ▁and ▁more , ▁the ▁collect ive ▁simply ▁called ▁the ▁journal ▁the ▁“ RT .” ▁So on ▁after ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁Som er ville , ▁the ▁collect ive ▁established ▁close ▁t ies ▁with ▁the ▁mental ▁patients ' ▁rights ▁movement , ▁including ▁the ▁M ental ▁Pat ients ▁Liber ation ▁Front ▁in ▁Boston ▁and ▁many ▁others ▁throughout ▁North ▁America . ▁The ▁R T ▁quickly ▁began ▁publishing ▁articles ▁by ▁its ▁leaders , ▁which ▁were