Psychiatry The Science of Lies

Name: Psychiatry The Science of Lies
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ISBN: 9780815609100

ISBN-10: 0815609108

ISBN-13: 9780815609100

Edition: 2008

Authors: Thomas Szasz

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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 a painting does to the original masterpiece. Art historians and the legal system seek to distinguish forgeries from originals. Those concerned with medicine, on the other hand - physicians, patients, politicians, health insurance providers, and…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 9/8/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 148
Size: 6.62" wide x 9.40" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Invention of Psychopathology



Malingering



Doctoring



Inculpating



Sheltering



Cheating



Lying


Epilogue: The Burden of Responsibility


Notes


Bibliography


Index