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The Myth of Mental
Illness
50th Anniversary Edition With a New Preface and Two Bonus Essays
The Myth
of Mental Illness
Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
By _Thomas S. Szasz_
(http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/9678/Thomas_S_Szasz/index.aspx)
Price: $14.99 On Sale: 2/23/2010 Formats: Trade PB | _Trade PB_
(http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060911515/The_Myth_of_Mental_Illness/index.aspx)
(http://www.harpercollins.com/book/pre-order.aspx?isbn13=9780061771224)
"The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its
definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and
culturalconflict." - New York Times
"Controversial and influential . . . an iconoclastic work." - Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review
A 50th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Szasz´s famous, influential critique of
the field of psychiatry, with a new preface on the age of Prozac, Ritalin,
and the rise of designer drugs.
Book 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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