Thomas Szasz Primary Values And Major Contentions
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Thomas Szasz Primary Values And Major Contentions
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Thomas Szasz Primary Values And Major Contentions written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Medical categories.
"The complete list of the works of Thomas S. Szasz": pages 237-253.
Thomas Szasz Primary Values And Major Contentions
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Author : Thomas Szasz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Thomas Szasz Primary Values And Major Contentions written by Thomas Szasz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Medical categories.
"The complete list of the works of Thomas S. Szasz": pages 237-253.
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.
Thomas S Szasz
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Author : Jeffrey A. Schaler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Thomas S Szasz written by Jeffrey A. Schaler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Psychology categories.
As it entered the 1960s, American institutional psychiatry was thriving, with a high percentage of medical students choosing the field. But after Thomas S. Szasz published his masterwork in 1961, The Myth of Mental Illness, the psychiatric world was thrown into chaos. Szasz enlightened the world about what he called the “myth of mental illness.” His point was not that no one is mentally ill, or that people labeled as mentally ill do not exist. Instead he believed that diagnosing people as mentally ill was inconsistent with the rules governing pathology and the classification of disease. He asserted that the diagnosis of mental illness is a type of social control, not medical science. The editors were uniquely close to Szasz, and here they gather, for the first time, a group of their peers—experts on psychiatry, psychology, rhetoric, and semiotics—to elucidate Szasz’s body of work. Thomas S. Szasz: The Man and His Ideas examines his work and legacy, including new material on the man himself and the seeds he planted. They discuss Szasz’s impact on their thinking about the distinction between physical and mental illness, addiction, the insanity plea, schizophrenia, and implications for individual freedom and responsibility. This important volume offers insight into and understanding of a man whose ideas were far beyond his time.
Szasz Under Fire
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Author : Jeffrey A. Schaler
language : en
Publisher: Open Court
Release Date : 2015-11-05
Szasz Under Fire written by Jeffrey A. Schaler and has been published by Open Court this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-05 with Philosophy categories.
Since he published The Myth of Mental Illness in 1961, professor of psychiatry Thomas Szasz has been the scourge of the psychiatric establishment. In dozens of books and articles, he has argued passionately and knowledgeably against compulsory commitment of the mentally ill, against the war on drugs, against the insanity defense in criminal trials, against the "diseasing" of voluntary humanpractices such as addiction and homosexual behavior, against the drugging of schoolchildren with Ritalin, and for the right to suicide. Most controversial of all has been his denial that "mental illness" is a literal disease, treatable by medical practitioners. In Szasz Under Fire, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other leading experts who disagree with Szasz on specific issues explain the reasons, with no holds barred, and Szasz replies cogently and pungently to each of them. Topics debated include the nature of mental illness, the right to suicide, the insanity defense, the use and abuse of drugs, and the responsibilities of psychiatrists and therapists. These exchanges are preceded by Szasz's autobiography and followed by a bibliography of his works.
Encyclopedia Of Rhetoric And Composition
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Author : Theresa Enos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-08
Encyclopedia Of Rhetoric And Composition written by Theresa Enos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-08 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Psychiatric Rights Rites
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Author : Mark Vellucci
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2004-02
Psychiatric Rights Rites written by Mark Vellucci and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02 with Law categories.
Involuntary mental hospitalization is a political act, based on the misguided need of the state to control its "undesirable" or "deviant" citizens. It has no place in a free society, as it is a violation of the fundamental rights to personal freedom and individual liberty. It is the purpose of this book to present arguments in favor of personal freedom and to rekindle a dialogue over an often too easily accepted set of practices. If this work causes you to raise issues and objections or creates an emotional reaction, it has served its purpose.
The Value Of Psychotherapy
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Author : Robert L. Woolfolk
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Release Date : 2015-08-03
The Value Of Psychotherapy written by Robert L. Woolfolk and has been published by Guilford Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-03 with Psychology categories.
From a seasoned scholar, clinician, and teacher, this lively, highly readable text probes where the field of psychotherapy is now and where it may be headed in the future. Robert L. Woolfolk explores commonalities and differences among major therapeutic approaches, as well as their philosophical underpinnings. He critiques the growing medicalization of mental health care--in particular, the attempt to fit psychotherapy to the templates of evidence-based medicine. Students gain an appreciation of the enduring value of "the talking cure" for addressing perennial questions: ?Who am I?? ?What can I become?? ?What kind of life is worth having, and how can I achieve it?? The book makes a strong case for the benefits of psychotherapy not only as a method for treating disorders, but also as a practice that can promote practical wisdom and human flourishing.
Quest For Justice Towards Homosexual Emancipation
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Author : Antony Grey
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-03-22
Quest For Justice Towards Homosexual Emancipation written by Antony Grey and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-22 with Social Science categories.
In 1967, after a ten-year campaign, the laws which treated all homosexual acts between males as crimes in England and Wales were altered to permit such behavior between two consenting men aged over twenty-one in private. Twenty-five years on, the profound significance of that change, and the nature of the struggle that was waged to achieve it, are not always fully appreciated. Gay people and their lifestyles are still the subjects of considerable controversy and entrenched prejudice, and today's gay rights campaigners are justified in believing that many more sweeping changes in legal and social attitudes are now called for. Quest for Justice is the inside story of the battle for the Wolfenden reforms, told by one of its main protagonists. Antony Grey was Secretary of the Homosexual Law Reform Society during much of the campaign and for some time afterwards. Here, besides giving his personal account of the reform campaign, he comments on the subsequent course of the developing movement for gay rights, and his own not always entirely harmonious relations with it. He also describes the rising power of the 'moral majority' backlash, and its bitter attacks upon the liberalisers whom it miscalled 'permissive'. Whilst expressing disappointment at the slow progress of human sexual rights during recent years, and a sense of ever greater urgency, with the advent of AIDS, for the widespread acceptance of much more frank and realistic attitudes, Antony Grey concludes on a hopeful note, foreseeing a sexually saner twenty-first century in which updated moral, social and legal attitudes will combine to promote, rather than hinder, human happiness.
Madness And Reason
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Author : Jennifer Radden
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-20
Madness And Reason written by Jennifer Radden and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-20 with Philosophy categories.
Originally published in 1985, this book provides a philosophical analysis of the concepts of madness and moral responsibility. It challenges the view that because they are victims of mental illness, the insane should not be blamed for actions resulting from their condition. The author urges a return to the neglected equation between madness and a want of reason, arguing that the impulse to excuse the criminally insane must be grounded in an appeal to their irrationality and unreasonableness. Through meticulous examination of the psychological states and behaviour patterns of major mental abnormalities, such as schizophrenia and depression, the author develops a notion of exculpating unreason. This is an interdisciplinary book which encompasses analytical philosophy, abnormal psychology and law.