[1]: 38 27 patients signed a petition requesting "redress of grievances and better conditions" at the hospital.
[2] It was founded by Thomas Ritchie, and Robin Farquharson was also a participant.
[3] Unlike many other examples of anti-psychiatry SUMP was based on a sense of solidarity amongst a small group of patients detained in locked wards.
[1] The idea of a union for inmates of mental hospitals was first posed by Archie Meek, a 91 year old geriatric patient.
He made this remark to Thomas Ritchie, another patient who was helping Archie shave at the time.