A Lexicon of Lunacy

Metaphoric Malady, Moral Responsibility and Psychiatry

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Thomas Szasz

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Thomas Szasz is renowned for his critical exploration of the literal language of psychiatry and his rejection of officially sanctioned definitions of mental illness. His critique of the established view of mental illness is rooted in an insistent distinction between disease and behaviour. In his view, psychiatrists have misapplied the vocabulary of disease as metaphorical figures to denote a range of deviant behaviours from the merely eccentric to the criminal. This work documents the extraordinary extent to which modern diagnosis of mental illness is subject to shifting social attitudes and values. It shows how economic, personal, legal, and political factors have come to play a powerful role in the diagnostic process, with consequences of blurring the distinction between cultural and scientific standards.

Author Biography:

Thomas Szasz is professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C. He is the author of over two dozen books in fifteen languages, including The Myth of Mental Illness, Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America, and most recently Liberation by Oppression, also available from Transaction.

Release date NZ

February 28th, 2003

Author

Thomas Szasz

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

214

Dimensions

152x229x12

ISBN-13

9780765805065

Product ID

7679207

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