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Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry
Thomas Szasz
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Description for Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Szasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease. He believes psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will.
Szasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease. He believes psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815602248
SKU
V9780815602248
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About Thomas Szasz
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.
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