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Schizophrenia : The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry by Thomas Szasz (1988, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSyracuse University Press

ISBN-100815602243

ISBN-139780815602248

eBay Product ID (ePID)1101248

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSchizophrenia : the Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry

Publication Year1988

SubjectEthics, Psychopathology / Schizophrenia, Mental Health

FeaturesReprint

TypeTextbook

AuthorThomas Szasz

Subject AreaPsychology, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN87-026769

Dewey Edition19

ReviewsSzasz is a valuable critic and agent provocateur. . . . Szasz has much to say which requires answering.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616.89/82

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisSzasz 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberRC514.S93 1988