Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of PsychiatrySzasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease, that psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will and treating them with a variety of unwanted, unsolicited, and damaging interventions. |
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| Title | Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry |
| Author | Thomas Szasz |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Syracuse University Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0815602243, 9780815602248 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Psychiatry / General |
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