About this title: Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionised thinking throughout the world about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing behaviour problems as 'mental illness', psychiatry, Szasz argues, absolves the individual of responsibility for his actions, placing blame instead on the illness. In "The ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Delta Books
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Some cover, corner, edge wear, reading crease. Pages good, some w/ underscore. Szasz has probably done more than any other to alert the public to the dangers of an excessively psychiatrized and drugged society. Workable reading copy. 337 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hoeber-Harper, [New York]
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Edgewear, crease in back cover-small amt. underlining & notation--softcover is tight, very serviceable copy! 337 p.; 24 cm. Includes bibliography. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: VERY GOOD PLUS. Now considered a classic, Thomas Szasz's theory of human conduct was revolutionary when it was originally published. A Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY at Syracuse, Szasz argued that mental diseases do not exist in the sense in which bodily diseases exist, and that people are always responsible for their acts. 337 pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1984-09-01
ISBN-13:9780060911515ISBN:0060911514
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780060911515. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Perennial Currents
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780060911515ISBN:0060911514
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper & Row]
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. 1961 4th printing paperback No marks in the book and is in good condition All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
"Incredibly eye opening book. Shows how the majority of "mental illnesses", except those of clear neurological basis, are not illnesses at all. Mental illness is a metaphor. This isn't to say that what we normally refer to as "mental illness" doesn't exist, clearly these many psychological experiences do exist...but they are not genuine illnesses and when they are assumed to be this can lead to profound misunderstanding."
"This made a lot of interesting though controversial points, most of which I thought were good and valuable, but it was written (I think) before any brain disorders were known to be caused by lesions on the brain or chemical imbalances such as clinical depression. I've ALWAYS been of the school that believes in "mind over matter" nearly to the crazy-person level of 'you can even overcome cancer or AIDS if you have a strong enough will' which is one reason why I find his points valuable, even though they are outdated. PS I'm a crazy person about a lot of things."
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