Thomas Szasz

A Lexicon of Lunacy (eBook, ePUB)

Metaphoric Malady, Moral Responsibility and Psychiatry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Szasz is renowned for his critical exploration of the literal language of psychiatry and his rejection of officially sanctioned definitions of mental illness

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351535021
• Artikelnr.: 48867880

Autorenporträt

Thomas Szasz

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: Language and Lunacy
1: Shakespeare's Plays
2: The Contemporary Scene
3: Dictionaries of Deviance
4: Dictionaries of Drunkenness
II: Metaphoric Malady, Moral Responsibility, and Psychiatry
5: The Religion Called "Psychiatry"
6: Mental Illness and Mental Incompetence
7: The Illusion of Mental Patients' Rights
8: The Illusion of Drug Abuse Treatment
9: The Case Against Suicide Prevention
10: The Psychiatric Will
11: Ex Parte Psychiatry
Epilogue