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Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry

Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry - Paperback

by Thomas Szasz
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas SzaszPublish date:1988-04-01Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University Publications in ContinuinISBN-13:9780815602248ISBN-10:815602243UPC:9780815602248Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:PsychopathologySize:8.41 x 5.28 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SCGYKP8Z05
First published in 1976, Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry examines the concept of schizophrenia and the origins of its classification as a disease. Szasz convincing argues that rather than a medical diagnosis, the word schizophrenia is a symbol employed by psychiatrists as a means of control.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Syracuse University Publications in ContinuinISBN-13:9780815602248ISBN-10:815602243UPC:9780815602248Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:PsychopathologySize:8.41 x 5.28 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SCGYKP8Z05

Thomas Szasz is the author of over four hundred articles and nineteen books; among the most recent are The
Therapeutic State: Psychiatry in the Mirror of Current Events and Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences. He was both a practicing psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry at the Health Science Center, State University of New York, in Syracuse.


Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin

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Syracuse Univ P Edition

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