| Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry Syracuse Univ P Edition Contributor(s): Szasz, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815602243 ISBN-13: 9780815602248 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 616.898 |
| LCCN: 87026748 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.28" W x 8.41" (0.63 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Szasz 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. |