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Thomas Szasz has been challenging the very existence of "mental illness" for over twenty-five years. His advocacy of freedom of choice and the abolition of involuntary psychiatry has made him America's most controversial psychiatrist. The Therapeutic State is a unique collection of topical essays about what the author calls "one of the grandest illusions of our age, mental illness, and the quixotic crusade against it." Pivoting his analysis on...

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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 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...

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Social anthropology, defined operationally in terms of what social anthropologists have done in the last fifty years, is the study and comparison of tribal societies and of small fields of social life with emphasis on the role of custom

From one of the most renowned and controversial thinkers in behavioral science, here is a critical examination of the way both science and society define insanity. Attacking the universally accepted psychiatric doctrines that blur the distinction between literal and metaphoric diseases, Szasz argues that insanity is not an objectively definable or identifiable condition and presents a more fully-rounded account of the insanity concept, showing...

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Vor 50 Jahren sorgte Thomas Szasz mit seinem Buch "The Myth of Mental Illness" für Aufruhr. Es stellte das komplette Selbstverständnis der Psychiatrie als humanmedizinische Wissenschaft infrage. Ob jemand psychisch "normal" oder "verrückt" sei, sei eine willkürliche Definition, so Szasz. Anders als bei somatischen Erkrankungen finden sich für einen Großteil der psychiatrischen "Krankheiten" nämlich keine eindeutigen Ursachen. Heute, in Zeiten...

Nach Thomas Szasz praktiziert die Psychiatrie insofern »grausames Mitleid«, als sie psychisch Erkrankte zwar versorgt, deren Freiheitsrechte aber grausam mißachtet. Er hat den Verdacht, daß die traditionelle Psychiatrie - hervorgegangen aus Zwangseinrichtungen früherer Zeiten - weitgehend dazu dient, sozial »unerwünschte« Personen sozusagen im gesellschaftlichen Auftrag wegzusperren, vermeintlich zu deren eigenem Wohl, tatsächlich jedoch zum W...

50th Anniversary Edition With a New Preface and Two Bonus EssaysThe most influential critique of psychiatry ever written, Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He a...

Drawing on his general theory of the myth of mental illness, Thomas Szasz makes a compelling case that the voluntary termination of one's own life is the result of a decision, not a disease. He presents an in-depth examination and critique of contemporary anti-suicide policies, which are based on the notion that voluntary death is a mental health problem, and systematically lays out the dehumanizing consequences of psychiatrizing suicide preve...

People once called immoral are now referred to as "sick." Moral relativism, bolstered by psychotherapy, has prevailed over the traditional ideas of self-control, individual responsibility, and moral culpability. Here, Thomas Szasz moves to demythologize psychotherapy.

People once called immoral are now referred to as "sick." Moral relativism, bolstered by psychotherapy, has prevailed over the traditional ideas of self-control, individual responsibility, and moral culpability. Here, Thomas Szasz moves to demythologize psychotherapy.

Looks at how Virginia Woolf, as well as her husband Leonard, used the concept of madness and the profession of psychiatry to manage and manipulate their own and each other's lives. The author interprets Virginia Woolf's life and work as expressions of her character, and her character as the "product" of her free will.

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The libertarian philosophy of freedom is characterized by two fundamental beliefs: the right to be left alone and the duty to leave others alone. Psychiatric practice routinely violates both of these beliefs. In Faith in Freedom, Thomas Szasz raises fundamental questions about psychiatric practices that inhibit an individual's right to freedom.

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