In this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show "that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led."

The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Szasz, Thomas S.

Psychology & Counseling

Harper

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

The Myth of Mental Illness

“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times 
“Controversial and influential . . . an iconoclastic work.” — Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review 
A 50th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Szasz’s famous, influential critique of the field of psychiatry, with a new preface on the age of Prozac, Ritalin, and the rise of designer drugs.

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct (Revised Edition)

HarpPeren

“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times 
The 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays. 
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 also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern life.

Mental Health

Harper-perennial

The startling truth about today's sex therapy

Sex by Prescription

Parenting & Relationships

Penguin??Books

Ideology and insanity: essays on the psychiatric dehumanization of man,

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

From the Back Cover\nThis volume contains the earliest essays, going back more than thirty years, in which the author staked out his position on 'the nature, scope, methods, and values of psychiatry.'

Ideology and Insanity : Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanisation of Man

Marion Boyars Pub

Szasz, Thomas S., Ed., Age Of Madness, The: The History Of Involuntary Mental Hospitaliz

The Age of Madness: The History of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization

J. Aronson

Sostiene Thomas S. Szasz que la psiquiatría se encuentra en un punto crítico: «Hasta ahora, la regla fue pensar en términos de sustantivos  p. ej., la neurosis, la enfermedad o el trata- miento . El problema que se plantea es este: ¿Continuaremos por el mismo camino o nos apartaremos de él, orientándonos hacia el pensamiento en términos de procesos? A la luz de este enfoque, en este estudio me propongo, primero, demoler algunos de los principales sustantivos falsos del pensamiento psiquiátrico contemporáneo y, segundo, establecer los cimientos de una teoría de la conducta personal en términos de procesos». Si se entiende y estudia toda conducta humana como un tipo especial de comunicación que se da en el marco de ciertos roles y reglas establecidos, la psiquiatría tiene menos relación con el andamiaje conceptual de la medicina convencional y más con la semiótica y con la ética: comprender una «enfermedad mental» es descifrar su mensaje y elucidar las «reglas del juego». Szasz toma la histeria como ejemplo y analiza las fallas de las interpretaciones clásicas y contemporáneas. Postula, por último, una «teoría de la vida humana como juego» que, apartándose del historicismo, ubique al hombre en su contexto presente y haga lugar también a su albedrío y su facultad de decisión. Porque, como dijo Garrett Hardin, «el juego debe continuar, pero es el hombre el que fija las reglas básicas y el que establece cómo formarán los equipos».

El mito de la enfermedad mental: Bases para una teoría de la conducta personal

Amorrortu Editores España SL

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The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct (Revised Edition)

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

Sex by Prescription

Ideology and insanity: essays on the psychiatric dehumanization of man,

Ideology and Insanity : Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanisation of Man

The Age of Madness: The History of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization

El mito de la enfermedad mental: Bases para una teoría de la conducta personal