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Psychiatry : The Science of Lies



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Autore: Szasz Thomas Visualizza persona
Titolo: Psychiatry : The Science of Lies Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified] : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2019
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 pages)
Disciplina: 616.89001
Soggetto topico: Medical jurisprudence
Mental health
Abnormal psychology
Psychiatry
Wertethik
Psychiatrie
Krankheitsbegriff
Psychische Störung
Psychology, Pathological
Psychiatry - Philosophy
Mental health - Philosophy
Malingering
Deception
Attitude to Health
Psychiatry - trends
Nota di contenuto: Intro; Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Invention of Psychopathology; 1. Malingering; 2. Doctoring; 3. Inculpating; 4. Sheltering; 5. Cheating; 6. Lying; Epilogue: The Burden of Responsibility; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: "For more than half a century Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to a radical critique of psychiatry. His latest work, Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, is a culmination of his life's work: to portray the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry." "Szasz argues that the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness stands in the same relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of bodily illness that the forgery of a painting does to the original masterpiece. Art historians and the legal system seek to distinguish forgeries from originals. Those concerned with medicine, on the other hand - physicians, patients, politicians, health insurance providers, and legal professionals - take the opposite stance when faced with the challenge of distinguishing everyday problems in living from bodily diseases, systematically authenticating nondiseases as diseases. The boundary between disease and nondisease - genuine and imitation, truth and falsehood - thus becomes arbitrary and uncertain."--Jacket.
Titolo autorizzato: Psychiatry  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8156-5044-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793411103321
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