Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry (Syracuse Univ PR)

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ISBN-10: 0815602243
ISBN-13: 9780815602248
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publish Date: 04/01/1988
Dimensions: 8.41" L, 5.28" W, 0.69" H

Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry (Syracuse Univ PR)

byThomas Szasz

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Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry examines the concept of schizophrenia and the origins of its classification as a disease. Szasz convincing argues that rather than a medical diagnosis, the word schizophrenia is a symbol employed by psychiatrists as a means of control.

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Szasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease, that psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will and treating them with a variety of unwanted, unsolicited, and damaging interventions. . . . Szasz is an incisive, exciting, and dramatic writer. He loves the clever analogy, the well-turned phrase, the dramatic surprise.– "George W. Albee, Contemporary Psychology"
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Details

ISBN-10: 0815602243
ISBN-13: 9780815602248
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publish Date: 04/01/1988
Dimensions: 8.41" L, 5.28" W, 0.69" H
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