Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

Name: Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement
SKU: INR-9780815604617
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SKU: INR-9780815604617 Category: All Books Tags: Psychology, Social, Social Control, Mental Illness, Mental Health Services, Mental Disorders, Antipsychiatry, Public Policy, Political Aspects, Ingram, History, Psychopathology, Psychiatry, General, Psychology

Description

In this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is 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.”

Author: Szasz, Thomas

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 815604610
Language: English
Pages: 383