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1961•320 pages•Published•ENG•User Reviews

The Myth of Mental Illness

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The author believes that what is nowadays accepted as mental illness is whatever psychiatrists say it is - and that psychiatry has, with increasing zeal, defined more and more kinds of behavior as mental illness. What is termed mental illness is in fact behavior disapproved of by the speaker.

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EthicsHysteriaMental DisordersMental illnessPhilosophyPsychiatry

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First Published

1961

Pages

320 pages

Rating

3.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

23

Publisher

Harper & Row

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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