Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has... Læs mere
This intriguing book undercuts everything you thought you knew about psychotherapy.
The author of this book argues that human sexuality - however it may be expressed - reveals who we are and who we want to be. He claims... Læs mere
This work shows how the present drug war started at the beginning of this century, when the US government first assumed the task of protecting people from... Læs mere
A collection of essays that chronicles the author's long campaign against the orthodoxies of psychiatry. From ""Medicine to Magic"" to ""Medicine as... Læs mere
Karl Kraus was an Austrian writer and satirist who wrote on the abuse of language by psychiatrists, psychoanalysts and journalists. This is an introduction to Kraus's life and work and his place in cultural history, followed by translations of his selected works on psychiatry.
More than fifty years ago, Thomas Szasz showed that the concept of mental illness - a disease of the mind - is an oxymoron, a metaphor, a myth. In this book, he argues... Læs mere
Dr. Thomas Szasz on the shortcomings of commitment procedures, and the inadequacies of protections afforded patients in psychiatric institutions.
This is a defence of every individual's right to choose a voluntary death. By maintaining statutes that determine that voluntary death is not legal,... Læs mere