Since he published The Myth of Mental Illness in 1961, professor of psychiatry Thomas Szasz has been the scourge of the psychiatric establishment. In dozens of books and articles, he has argued passionately and knowledgeably against compulsory commitment of the mentally ill, against the war on drugs, against the insanity defense in criminal trials, against the "diseasing" of voluntary humanpractices such as addiction and homosexual behavior, against the drugging of schoolchildren with Ritalin, and for the right to suicide. Most controversial of all has been his denial that "mental illness" is a literal disease, treatable by medical practitioners. In Szasz Under Fire, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other leading experts who disagree with Szasz on specific issues explain the reasons, with no holds barred, and Szasz replies cogently and pungently to each of them. Topics debated include the nature of mental illness, the right to suicide, the insanity defense, the use and abuse of drugs, and the responsibilities of psychiatrists and therapists. These exchanges are preceded by Szasz's autobiography and followed by a bibliography of his works.

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Schaler, Jeffrey A.

Open Court Publishing Company

Cricket Books

United States, United States of America

Under fire series, Chicago, ©2004

United States, 2015

1st, 2015

Contents
About the Authors
Introduction by Jeffrey A. Schaler
An Autobiographical Sketch by Thomas Szasz
1. The Myth of Mental Illness | R. E. Kendell
Reply by Thomas Szasz
2. Values-Based Medicine: Thomas Szasz's Legacy to Twenty-First Century Psychiatry | K.W.M. (Bill) Fulford
Reply by Thomas Szasz
3. Persons and Popper's World 3: Do Humans Dream of Abstract Sheep? | Ray Scott Percival
Reply by Thomas Szasz
4. On Thomas Szasz, the Meaning of Mental Illness, and the Therapeutic State: A Critique | Ralph Slovenko
Reply by Thomas Szasz
5. Prescribed Addiction | Stanton Peele
Reply by Thomas Szasz
6. The Legitimacy of the Defense Insanity | Rita J. Simon
Reply by Thomas Szasz
7. Pharmacracy or Phantom? | E. James Lieberman
Reply by Thomas Szasz
8. Bombing the Cradles: The Disordering Mental Effects of Off-the-Chart Life Experiences | Margaret A. Hagen
Reply by Thomas Szasz
9. What Kind of Freedom? Szasz's Misleading Perception of Physician-Assisted Suicide | Margaret P. Battin and Ryan Spellecy
Reply by Thomas Szasz
10. Sideshow/ Schizophrenia as Constructed by Szasz and the Neo-Kraepelinians
Reply by Thomas Szasz
11. Moving Beyond the "Myth" of Mental Illness
Reply by Thomas Szasz
12. Mental Illness as a Myth: A Methodological Re-interpretation | H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
Reply by Thomas Szasz
Appendix: Documents from the Szasz Affair at Upstate
Bibliography of Thomas Szasz
Index

Here, psychologists, psychiatrists and other leading experts who disagree with Thomas Szasz-s views on specific issues explain their reasons, with no holds barred, and Szasz replies cogently and pungently to each of them.

2024-05-30