The myth of mental illness : foundations of a theory of personal conduct, / by Thomas S. Szasz.
The author believes that what is nowadays accepted as mental illness is whatever psychiatrists say it is - and that psychiatry has, with increasing zeal, defined more and more kinds of behavior as mental illness. What is termed mental illness is in fact behavior disapproved of by the speaker.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper & Row,
[1974]
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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| Summary: | The author believes that what is nowadays accepted as mental illness is whatever psychiatrists say it is - and that psychiatry has, with increasing zeal, defined more and more kinds of behavior as mental illness. What is termed mental illness is in fact behavior disapproved of by the speaker. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 297 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0060911514 9780060911515 0060141964 9780060141967 |