Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement Rob Christensen and the poetry collection Gay

and the poetry collection Gay Girl Prayers

Author: Veronique Billat

ISBN10: 099967871X

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Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement Rob Christensen and the poetry collection GayIn this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show "that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led." Author: Thomas Szasz Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin Published: 04 01 1997 Pages: 406