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Ideology and Insanity: Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man

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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas SzaszPublish date:1991-04-01Pages:286
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815602569ISBN-10:815602561UPC:9780815602569Book Category:Psychology, MedicalBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, PsychiatrySize:8.24 x 5.26 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCH0XZ4WZD

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University PressISBN-13:9780815602569ISBN-10:815602561UPC:9780815602569Book Category:Psychology, MedicalBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, PsychiatrySize:8.24 x 5.26 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCH0XZ4WZD
Thomas Szasz was professor emeritus of psychiatry at the State University of New York's Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. His books include Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry, The Manufacture of Madness, Ceremonial Chemistry, The Myth of Psychotherapy, and Pharmacracy, all published by Syracuse University Press.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press

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