Psychiatric Slavery with a New Preface by the author. Originally published in 1977 by the free press, a division of macmillan publishing co., Inc. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 48-1984.
Psychiatric Slavery with a New Preface by the author. Originally published in 1977 by the free press, a division of macmillan publishing co., Inc. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 48-1984.
Psychiatric Slavery with a New Preface by the author. Originally published in 1977 by the free press, a division of macmillan publishing co., Inc. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 48-1984.
Psychiatric Slavery with a New Preface by the author. Originally published in 1977 by the free press, a division of macmillan publishing co., Inc. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 48-1984.
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First time in paperback with a new preface by the author
“Ina short, powerfully written book, Dr. Szasz takes aim once more at
conventional psychiatry, which labels individuals ‘mentally ill,” and at
the attendant system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine
patients against their will, The focal point here isa .. . Supreme Court
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years. In refuting the widely held notion that the landmark Donaldson
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has put the American psychiatric and legal establishments on trial, with
disturbing results. He investigates abuses in diagnostic methods, elec-
troshock ‘therapy’ and the judicial apparatus. . .. His book, which could
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cerned with the care of the emotionally disturbed and the moral dilem-
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—Publishers Weekly
“Psychiatric Slavery, like many of Szasz's writings, presents a controversial
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interest and is written in an easily understandable style.
Recommended for physicians, lawyers, and laymen,”
—The Journal of Legal Medicine
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dred articles and twenty-four books. He was a practic
ing psychiatrist and is a professor emeritus of psychiatry
at the Health Science Center, State University of New
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Syracuse, New York 13244-5160Psychiatric Slavery