The Myth of Mental Illness Revised Edition“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times “Controversial and influential . . . an iconoclastic work.” — Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review A 50th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Szasz’s famous, influential critique of the field of psychiatry, with a new preface on the age of Prozac, Ritalin, and the rise of designer drugs. |
Contents
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The Social Context of Medical Practice | 48 |
AN EXAMPLE OF THE MYTH | 70 |
Hysteria and Psychosomatic Medicine | 80 |
Contemporary Views of Hysteria and Mental Illness | 94 |
SEMIOTICAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR | 107 |
The Ethics of Helplessness and Helpfulness | 162 |
Theology Witchcraft and Hysteria | 181 |
GAMEMODEL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR | 199 |
Hysteria as a Game | 213 |
Impersonation and Illness | 231 |
The Ethics of Psychiatry | 250 |
References | 269 |
Bibliography | 281 |
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