edited by C.V. Haldipur, James L. Knoll IV, and Eric v.d. Luft.
First edition.
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
1 online resource
International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Series; Thomas Szasz; Copyright; Contents; List of editors; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I; 1 Study on the Szaszophone: Theme and variations; 2 Leading up to The Myth of Mental Illness; 3 Philosophical influences on Thomas Szasz; 4 Conceptual models of normative content in mental disorders; Part II; 5 Szasz, suicide, and medical ethics; 6 Agency, mental illness, and psychiatry: A response to Thomas Szasz; 7 Taking Szasz seriously-and his critics, too: Thesis, antithesis, and a values-based synthesis; 8 Schizophrenia: Sacred symbol or Achilles heel?
17 Mental illness is not a myth: Epistemic favoritism in research funding18 Rights, responsibilities, and mental illnesses: A chronology of the Szasz decades; 19 Szasz's legacy and current challenges in psychiatry; Epilogue; Index
9 Suicide prohibition: Shame, blame, or social aim?10 Myths, projections, and overextensions: The conceptual landscape of Thomas Szasz; 11 The clinical wisdom of Thomas Szasz; 12 Thomas Szasz and the language of mental illness; Part III; 13 The myth and reality of mental illness; 14 Reform and revolution in the context of critical psychiatry and service user/survivor movements; 15 Thomas Szasz and the insanity defense; 16 Bringing psychopaths into the moral community: Reassessing agency cultivation and social participation
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Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry. His works made him arguably one of the world's most recognized psychiatrists, albeit one of the most controversial. This book critically examines the legacy of a man who challenged the very concept of mental illness.