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Portrays the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry. This work 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.

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[Thomas Szasz] is the preeminent critic of psychiatry in the world. - Richard Vatz, Towson University

Psychiatry

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    A Hardback by Thomas Szasz

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 9/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815609100, 978-0815609100
      ISBN10: 0815609108
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Portrays the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry. This work 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.

      Trade Review
      [Thomas Szasz] is the preeminent critic of psychiatry in the world. - Richard Vatz, Towson University

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