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ISBN: 9780815609902 - Suicide Prohibition Suicide Prohibition
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815609906  ISBN13: 9780815609902
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Oct 2011

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ISBN: 9781412810500 - Coercion as Cure Coercion as Cure
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 1412810507  ISBN13: 9781412810500
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Aug 2009
Challenges conventional beliefs about psychiatry. The author asserts that, in fact, psychiatrists are not concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of bona fide illnesses. Psychiatric tradition, social expectation, and the law make it clear that... More

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ISBN: 9780275966461 - Fatal Freedom Fatal Freedom
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0275966461  ISBN13: 9780275966461
Publisher: ABC-CLIO Greenwood Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Sep 1999
One of the most troubling issues we face today is who should control when and how we die. Fatal Freedom is an eloquent defense of every individual's right to choose a voluntary death. Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist, believes that we can speak about... More

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ISBN: 9780815604617 - The Manufacture of Madness The Manufacture of Madness
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815604610  ISBN13: 9780815604617
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Mar 1997
In this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show "that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and... More

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ISBN: 9780815602422 - Law, Liberty and Psychiatry Law, Liberty and Psychiatry
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815602421  ISBN13: 9780815602422
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Edition: Syracuse Univ P
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 1990

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ISBN: 9780815607687 - Ceremonial Chemistry Ceremonial Chemistry
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815607687  ISBN13: 9780815607687
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Edition: Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Jul 2003
Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labeling and prohibiting certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating drug "addicts" in order to cure them. Szasz asserts that such policies scapegoat illegal... More

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ISBN: 9780275956035 - The Meaning of Mind The Meaning of Mind
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0275956032  ISBN13: 9780275956035
Publisher: ABC-CLIO Greenwood Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Sep 1996
In The Meaning of Mind, Thomas Szasz argues that only as a verb does the word "mind" name something in the real world, namely, attending or heeding. Minding is the ability to pay attention and adapt to one's environment by using language to... More

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ISBN: 9780815604600 - Insanity Insanity
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815604602  ISBN13: 9780815604600
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Mar 1997
In this book, Dr. Szasz challenges the way both science and society define insanity; in the process, he helps us better understand this often misunderstood condition. The idea of insanity pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Thomas Szasz... More

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ISBN: 9780815602231 - Myth of Psychotherapy Myth of Psychotherapy
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815602235  ISBN13: 9780815602231
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 1988

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ISBN: 9780815609100 - Psychiatry Psychiatry
Thomas Szasz

ISBN10: 0815609108  ISBN13: 9780815609100
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Sep 2008
For more than half a century Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to a radical critique of psychiatry. His latest work, Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, is a culmination of his life's work: to portray the integral role of deception in the... More