▁an ▁article , ▁" Com bat ▁Liberal ism ▁in ▁Rad ical ▁Ther apy ," ▁formally ▁critic izing ▁the ▁Rad ical ▁Psych iat ry ▁Center ▁group ▁in ▁Ber keley . ▁The ▁article ▁was ▁spark ed ▁by ▁the ▁R PC ' s ▁efforts ▁to ▁promote ▁its ▁own ▁new ▁journal ▁to ▁the ▁R T ' s ▁readers ▁and ▁by ▁genu ine ▁political ▁differences . ▁The ▁R T ▁said ▁it ▁had ▁relay ed ▁critic isms ▁to ▁the ▁R PC ▁in ▁private , ▁but ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁ignored . ▁The ▁critic isms ▁therefore ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁public ly . ▁The ▁R T ▁de cri ed ▁the ▁R PC ▁as ▁individual istic ▁and ▁middle - class . ▁It ▁said ▁the ▁R PC ▁avoided ▁political ▁action ▁or ▁organ izing , ▁and ▁instead ▁cl ung ▁to ▁their ▁el ite ▁status ▁as ▁ther ap ists . ▁" H ip ▁ther ap ies ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁system ," ▁the ▁Collect ive ▁said . ▁The ▁R PC ▁was ▁too ▁concerned ▁with ▁ways ▁of ▁" getting ▁it ▁together " ▁and ▁elabor ating ▁" how ▁to ▁do ▁it " ▁techniques , ▁rather ▁than ▁" att ack ing ▁the ▁real ▁political / e conom ic / social ▁bases ▁of ▁power ." ▁They ▁also ▁ignored ▁mental ▁patients ' ▁organ izing ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁force ▁in ▁the ▁mental ▁health ▁ar ena . ▁ ▁The ▁R PC ▁did ▁not ▁respond , ▁but ▁instead ▁continued ▁to ▁promote ▁its ▁own ▁journal , ▁Iss ues ▁in ▁Rad ical ▁Ther apy . ▁After ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁“ IR T ” ▁contained