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Thomas Szasz Psychiatry (Paperback). Author: Thomas Szasz. In many ways his latest work. Format: Paperback. Item Height: 229mm. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Topic: Society & Culture. Language: English. Further DetailsTitle: Psychiatry Condition: New Subtitle: The Science of Lies EAN: 9780815607922 Format: Paperback Author: Thomas Szasz ISBN: 9780815607922 Publisher: Syracuse University Press Release Date: 02/28/2019 Description: For more than a half century Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to a thorough and provocative critique of the practice of psychiatry. In many ways 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 history and practice of psychiatry. Szasz argues that the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness stands in the same relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of bodily illness that the forgery of a painting stands to the original masterpiece. Art historians, museum directors, private collectors, and the legal system all seek to distinguish forgeries from originals. Those concerned with medicine on the other hand--physicians, patients, politicians, health insurance providers, and legal professionals--take the opposite stance when faced with the challenge of distinguishing everyday problems in living from diseases of the body, systematically authenticating nondiseases as diseases. The boundary between disease and nondisease - genuine and imitation, original and copy, truth and falsehood -- thus becomes arbitrary, shifting, and uncertain. With a wealth of well-researched new evidence, Szasz examines the ways in which dishonesty and misrepresentation have permeated all aspects of psychiatric practice: the doctors, the patients, and even at times those who work to uncover psychiatric abuse. Delivering his sophisticated analysis in lucid prose and with a sharp wit, Szasz continues to engage and challenge readers of all backgrounds. Language: English Genre: Medicine Topic: Society & Culture Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 248g Item Width: 10mm Release Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
