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No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz
Enfant terrible of psychiatry and widely known as one of its most indefatigable as well as iconoclastic critics, Thomas Szasz (1961–2012) had a prolific writing career that extended some 51 years beyond the publication of his first book, The Myth of Mental Illness, in 1961. This editorial identifies...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.053249 |
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description | Enfant terrible of psychiatry and widely known as one of its most indefatigable as well as iconoclastic critics, Thomas Szasz (1961–2012) had a prolific writing career that extended some 51 years beyond the publication of his first book, The Myth of Mental Illness, in 1961. This editorial identifies and critically discusses three major themes in Szasz's writings: his contention that there is no such thing as mental illness, his contention that individual responsibility is never compromised in those suffering from what is generally considered as mental illness, and his perennial interest in calling attention to the political nature of psychiatric diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-53535172017-04-04 No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz Benning, Tony B. BJPsych Bull Editorials Enfant terrible of psychiatry and widely known as one of its most indefatigable as well as iconoclastic critics, Thomas Szasz (1961–2012) had a prolific writing career that extended some 51 years beyond the publication of his first book, The Myth of Mental Illness, in 1961. This editorial identifies and critically discusses three major themes in Szasz's writings: his contention that there is no such thing as mental illness, his contention that individual responsibility is never compromised in those suffering from what is generally considered as mental illness, and his perennial interest in calling attention to the political nature of psychiatric diagnosis. Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5353517/ /pubmed/28377805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.053249 Text en © 2016 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open-access article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Editorials Benning, Tony B. No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz |
title | No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz |
title_full | No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz |
title_fullStr | No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz |
title_full_unstemmed | No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz |
title_short | No such thing as mental illness? Critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of Thomas Szasz |
title_sort | no such thing as mental illness? critical reflections on the major ideas and legacy of thomas szasz |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.053249 |
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