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Schizophrenia : the sacred symbol of psychiatry

Thomas Szasz

Syracuse University Press, 1988

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Basic Books, c1976. With new pref

Bibliography: p. 215-229

Includes index

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Szasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease. He believes psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will.

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