The myth of mental illness.
TS Szasz - American psychologist, 1960 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract" My aim in this essay is to raise the question'Is there such a thing as mental
illness?'and to argue that there is not." Major sections are: Mental Illness as a Sign of Brain
Disease; Mental Illness as a Name for Problems in Living; The Role of Ethics in Psychiatry;
Choice, Responsibility, and Psychiatry; and Conclusions. Mental illness" is a myth, whose
function it is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in
human relations."(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
illness?'and to argue that there is not." Major sections are: Mental Illness as a Sign of Brain
Disease; Mental Illness as a Name for Problems in Living; The Role of Ethics in Psychiatry;
Choice, Responsibility, and Psychiatry; and Conclusions. Mental illness" is a myth, whose
function it is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in
human relations."(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
[CITATION][C] The myth of mental illness: Foundations of a theory of personal conduct
T Szasz - 1967 - Harper & Row