Psychiatry's Valid but Dishonest Reconsiderations
Much of the newest wave of psychiatric self-criticism is salutary and headed in the right direction; the problem is the field's unwillingness to credit the psychiatrist who paved the way. by Richard E. Vatz and Jeffrey Schaler
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More than half a century ago, Thomas Szasz shocked the world of psychiatry with his then, and still, electric book The Myth of Mental Illness. Since that time, he has been unmasking the invalidity of psychiatric practice and its raison d'etre: the diagnosing and treatment of mental illnesses. His reasoning through scores of major works and over one thousand articles, reviews and letters has been based on a simple but profoundly true insight: mental illness
Much of the newest wave of psychiatric self-criticism is salutary and headed in the right direction; the problem is the field's unwillingness to credit the psychiatrist who paved the way. by Richard E. Vatz and Jeffrey Schaler
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More than half a century ago, Thomas Szasz shocked the world of psychiatry with his then, and still, electric book The Myth of Mental Illness. Since that time, he has been unmasking the invalidity of psychiatric practice and its raison d'etre: the diagnosing and treatment of mental illnesses. His reasoning through scores of major works and over one thousand articles, reviews and letters has been based on a simple but profoundly true insight: mental illness