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London: Paladin. Good+. 1972. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Some reading creases, some shelf and edge wear, original owner details to inside front cover, tny closed tear tp fore edge of front endpaper, some water staining to spine and edges of rear cover, some foxing to inside covers and endpapers. ; First printing of Paladin paperback edition, 1972. Good reading copy. Uncredited cover artwork detail from a painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. ; 296 pages; Often cited as the most influential critique of psychiatry every written. A ground breaking work that revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices when first published in the early 1960s. Szasz argued that by diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists absolved patients of personal responsibility for their actions, as they could instead blame it on their alleged illness. .
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- Title The Myth of Mental Illness
- Author Szasz, Thomas
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 296
- Publisher Paladin, London
- Date 1972
- ISBN 9780586080870
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