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Law, Liberty and Psychiatry - Hardcover

Szasz, Thomas

 
9780710079220: Law, Liberty and Psychiatry

Synopsis

Physical description: xx, 281 pages ; 23 cm. Subject: Insanity (Law) United States. Criminal liability United States. Social control. Mentally ill Commitment and detention. Psychiatry legislation & jurisprudence.

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About the Author

Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) was professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Washington, DC. He was a prominent figure in the anti-psychiatry movement and a critic of the moral and scientific foundation of psychiatry.

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