The Myth Of Mental Illness Foundations Of A Theory Of Personal Conduct
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The Myth Of Mental Illness Foundations Of A Theory Of Personal Conduct
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1974
The Myth Of Mental Illness Foundations Of A Theory Of Personal Conduct written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Medical categories.
Now available in a Harper Colophon edition, this classic book has revolutionized thinking throughout the Western world about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. Book jacket.
The Myth Of Mental Illness
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Author : Thomas S. Szasz
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-07-12
The Myth Of Mental Illness written by Thomas S. Szasz and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-12 with Psychology categories.
“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times The 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays. Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern life.
The Myth Of Mental Illness
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher: [New York] : Hoeber-Harper
Release Date : 1961
The Myth Of Mental Illness written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by [New York] : Hoeber-Harper this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Hysteria categories.
The Myth Of Mental Illness
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Author : Thomas S. Szasz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Myth Of Mental Illness written by Thomas S. Szasz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Hysteria categories.
The Myth Of Mental Illness
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
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Thomas Szasz
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Author : C. V. Haldipur
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-24
Thomas Szasz written by C. V. Haldipur and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-24 with Medical categories.
Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry, in both scientific and popular periodicals. His works made him arguably one of the world's most recognized psychiatrists, albeit one of the most controversial. These writings have been translated into several languages and have earned him a worldwide following. Szasz was a man of towering intellect, sweeping historical knowledge, and deep-rooted, mostly libertarian, philosophical beliefs. He wrote with a lucid and acerbic wit, but usually in a way that is accessible to general readers. His books cautioned against the indiscriminate power of psychiatry in courts and in society, and against the apparent rush to medicalize all human folly. They have spawned an eponymous ideology that has influenced, to various degrees, laws relating to mental health in several countries and states. This book critically examines the legacy of Thomas Szasz - a man who challenged the very concept of mental illness and questioned several practices of psychiatrists. The book surveys his many contributions including those in psychoanalysis, which are very often overlooked by his critics. While admiring his seminal contribution to the debate, the book will also point to some of his assertions that merit closer scrutiny. Contributors to the book are drawn from various disciplines, including Psychiatry, Philosophy and Law; and are from various countries including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Some contributors knew Thomas Szasz personally and spent many hours with him discussing issues he raised in his books and articles. The book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in matters of mental health, human rights, and ethics.
The Myth Of Psychotherapy
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2015-02-01
The Myth Of Psychotherapy written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-01 with Psychology categories.
This intriguing book undercuts everything you thought you knew about psychotherapy.
Psychiatry
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-28
Psychiatry written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-28 with Medical categories.
For more than half a century, Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to a radical critique of psychiatry. His latest work, Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, is a culmination of his life’s work: to portray the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry. Szasz argues that the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness stands in the same relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of bodily illness that the forgery of a painting does to the original masterpiece. Art historians and the legal system seek to distinguish forgeries from originals. Those concerned with medicine, on the other hand—physicians, patients, politicians, health insurance providers, and legal professionals—take the opposite stance when faced with the challenge of distinguishing everyday problems in living from bodily diseases, systematically authenticating nondiseases as diseases. The boundary between disease and nondisease—genuine and imitation, truth and falsehood—thus becomes arbitrary and uncertain. There is neither glory nor profit in correctly demarcating what counts as medical illness and medical healing from what does not. Individuals and families wishing to protect themselves from medically and politically authenticated charlatanry are left to their own intellectual and moral resources to make critical decisions about human dilemmas miscategorized as "mental diseases" and about medicalized responses misidentified as "psychiatric treatments." Delivering his sophisticated analysis in lucid prose and with a sharp wit, Szasz continues to engage and challenge readers of all backgrounds.
Law Liberty And Psychiatry
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1989-10-01
Law Liberty And Psychiatry written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-10-01 with Law categories.
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Ideology And Insanity
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1991-04-01
Ideology And Insanity written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-04-01 with Medical categories.
This book is a collection of the earliest essays of Thomas Szasz, in which he staked out his position on “the nature, scope, methods, and values of psychiatry.” On each of these issues, he opposed the official position of the psychiatric profession. Where conventional psychiatrists saw themselves diagnosing and treating mental illness, Szasz saw them stigmatizing and controlling persons; where they saw hospitals, Szasz saw prisons; where they saw courageous professional advocacy of individualism and freedom, Szasz saw craven support of collectivism and oppression.