Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz has been challenging the very existence of "mental illness" for over twenty-five years. His landmark book The Myth of Mental Illness won him recognition as America's leading opponent of conventional psychiatric practice. Szasz argues that "mental illness" and its supposed "cure," psychotherapy, are myths and that there is no medical basis for treating people labelled "mentally ill" as sick. He opposes involuntary hospitalization and insists that people be held responsible when they break the law. Thomas Szasz: Primary Values and Major Contentions is the first book to contain Szasz's essential values as well as criticism of Szasz and responses from his defenders. No other book organizes Szasz's major contentions in a readable and structured manner. Szasz's own words comprise the bulk of the book, which is designed as a means of introducing readers to Szasz without having to read all of his original works. The editors have selected essays and excerpts from his major works that illustrate his value system, his central arguments about human behavior and human responsibility, and also the nature of the debate generated by these views. For students, professionals, and interested lay persons, this book contains the very best of Szasz as he grapples with such issues as - mental illness as a myth - autonomy - authenticity - humanism - drug addiction and alchoholism - schizophrenia - sexual deviance - crime and delinquency - the insanity defense - civil commitment A complete bibliography of Szasz's publications is included.

Thomas Szasz: Primary Values and Major Contentions

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Weinberg, Lee S.

Vatz, Richard E.

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The Only Authentic of Persuasion: the Agenda-Spin Model (Authors Press, 2022 )Man and woman are the persuading animals.There is no overriding issue more important in most people's daily life, life's pleasures and all of political matters than persuasion.Many, if not most, matters are largely wholly related to persuasion, defined in this work on the Agenda-Spin theory, as the struggle of people to determine for their chosen audiences: 1. What we talk about and 2. What it means.Persuasion is not the only determinant in life, and there are some matters mostly outside of persuasive control, such as congenital illness, physical attacks, weather, death, etc. Even these, however, will have elements of choice and certainly vary in spin and/or interpretation.This work, unlike virtually every other work on this topic, examines persuasion as within the power of the persuader, not as the result of inexorable demands of reality, except in the cases listed above.

The Only Authentic Book of Persuasion: The Agenda-Spin Method 7th Edition

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Politics & Government

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