The manufacture of madness
The manufacture of madness1970
a comparative study of the Inquisition and the mental health movement
Thomas S. Szasz, Thomas Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz
About this book
Intends 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.
Details
- First published
- 1970
- ISBN-13
- 9780815604617
- OL Work ID
- OL2725492W
Subjects
AntipsychiatryHistoryMental DisordersMental health servicesMental illnessPolitical aspectsPolitical aspects of PsychiatryPsychiatryPublic PolicySocial controlSocial psychologyMental HealthIatrogenic DiseasePsychiatric HospitalsWitchcraft and mental healthPsychiatrieHistoireMaladies mentales