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The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

By Thomas S. Szasz

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2010
ISBN
0061771228, 9780061771224, 9780062104748
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2519148 bytes)
Edition
Anv
Pages
368\0
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

50th Anniversary Edition With a New Preface and Two Bonus Essays The most influential critique of psychiatry ever written, 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.

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