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188 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780815609438
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 08 September 2009
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More than fifty years ago, Thomas Szasz showed that the concept of mental illness--a disease of the mind--is an oxymoron, a metaphor, a myth. Disease, in the medical sense, affects only the body. He also demonstrated that civil commitment and the ...
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188 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780815609438
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 08 September 2009
Description
More than fifty years ago, Thomas Szasz showed that the concept of mental illness--a disease of the mind--is an oxymoron, a metaphor, a myth. Disease, in the medical sense, affects only the body. He also demonstrated that civil commitment and the ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings