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

• Author : Thomas S. Szasz
• Publisher : Harper Perennial
• Release Date : 2010-02-23
• Total pages : 368
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : 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 ...

• Author : Thomas Szasz
• Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
• Release Date : 1974
• Total pages : 297
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Now available in a Harper Colophon edition, this classic book has revolutionized thinking throughout the Western world about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. Book jacket....

• Author : Thomas Szasz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1960
• Total pages : 6
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Download or read online The Myth of Mental Illness written by Thomas Szasz, published by which was released on 1960. Get The Myth of Mental Illness Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....

• Author : Neil Pickering
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 2006
• Total pages : 194
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : This title includes the following features: Provides a clear review ofthe dispute over the reality of mental illness, introducing the reader to manyof the most important sources; Engages with sceptical contemporary approachessuch as Social Constructionism and the strong programme in the sociology ofknowledge, helping the reader to link different contemporary ...

• Author : James Hillman
• Publisher : Northwestern University Press
• Release Date : 1997
• Total pages : 313
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : In this work, acclaimed Jungian James Hillman examines the concepts of myth, insights, eros, body, and the mytheme of female inferiority, as well as the need for the freedom to imagine and to feel psychic reality. By examining these ideas, and the role they have played both in and outside ...

• Author : Thomas Szasz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1974
• Total pages : 297
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Download or read online The Myth of Mental Illness Foundations of Personal Conduct written by Thomas Szasz, published by which was released on 1974. Get The Myth of Mental Illness Foundations of Personal Conduct Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....

• Author : Nicola Spelman
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2016-04-22
• Total pages : 206
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Studies of opera, film, television, and literature have demonstrated how constructions of madness may be referenced in order to stigmatise but also liberate protagonists in ways that reinforce or challenge contemporaneous notions of normality. But to date very little research has been conducted on how madness is represented in popular ...

• Author : Thomas Szasz
• Publisher : Syracuse University Press
• Release Date : 2015-02-01
• Total pages : 238
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : This intriguing book undercuts everything you thought you knew about psychotherapy....

• Author : Rachel Freeth
• Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
• Release Date : 2007
• Total pages : 183
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : This book explores, in depth, the link between modern psychiatric practice and the person-centred approach. It promotes an open dialogue between traditional rivals - counsellors and psychiatrists within the NHS - to assist greater understanding and improve practice. Easy to read and comprehend, it explains complex issues in a clear ...

• Author : Thomas Szasz
• Publisher : Syracuse University Press
• Release Date : 1991-04-01
• Total pages : 286
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : This volume contains the earliest essays, going back more than thirty years, in which the author staked out his position on 'the nature, scope, methods, and values of psychiatry.'...

• Author : Arthur L. Caplan,James J. McCartney, OSA,Dominic A. Sisti
• Publisher : Georgetown University Press
• Release Date : 2004-06-17
• Total pages : 328
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it ...

• Author : Thomas Szasz
• Publisher : Syracuse University Press
• Release Date : 1997-04-01
• Total pages : 432
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Is insanity a myth? Does it exist merely to keep psychiatrists in business? In Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences, Dr. Szasz challenges the way both science and society define insanity; in the process, he helps us better understand this often misunderstood condition. Dr. Szasz presents a carefully crafted account ...

• Author : Thomas S. Szasz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1974
• Total pages : 212
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Download or read online The myth of mental illness written by Thomas S. Szasz, published by which was released on 1974. Get The myth of mental illness Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....

• Author : Micale
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 1994
• Total pages : 466
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : This book brings together leading international authorities - physicians, historians, social scientists, and others - who explore the many complex interpretive and ideological dimensions of historical writing about psychiatry. The book includes chapters on the history of the asylum, Freud, anti-psychiatry in the United States and abroad, feminist interpretations of ...

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2019
• Total pages : 212
• ISBN : 0987654321

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Summary : Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric establishment in the 1960's, challenging its foundational notions around normalcy, mental illness and treatment. By watching this pair of riveting interviews, Dr. Szasz will challenge you to explore and question your own cherished beliefs around diagnosis, psychotherapy and freedom; deepening your ...