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In order to better cope with the pressures and stresses of the current day, modern psychology is anxiously seeking to find new therapies to address the increasing disorders within the human psyche. In the process new fields of research,... more
Thomas Szasz. Texto de J.C. Ruiz Franco1. Tradução2: Ezequias Nogueira3. Publicação em Espanhol: Thomas Szasz, el psiquiatra libertário. Site: www.academia.edu. pág.1-2. Em 8 de setembro de 2012, morreu em Manlius, Nova York, uma das... more
Resumen El origen del internamiento psiquiátrico, la historia de la locura y la excesiva medicalización de nuestras sociedades farmacráticas, así como las complejas relaciones entre Psiquiatría, Derecho y las transnacionales... more
Tematem niniejszej antologii nie jest obłęd rozumiany w duchu Nervala. O nim traktowała w dużej mierze książka wydana w pierwszej serii „Biblioteki Romantycznej” – Ciemne drogi szaleństwa Aliny Kowalczykowej. Autorami tekstów... more
Debemos tener en cuenta que cuando hablamos sobre creencias ya estamos hablando de una percepción diferente de lo real, adentrándonos en el terreno de la fe, que en ciertos casos, sirve para justificar acciones irracionales en una... more
Essay on mutual relations between mental illness, social opression, genius, art and creativity. Contains references to ideas of Hans Prinzhorn, Cesare Lombroso, Michel Foucault and Thomas Szasz, as well as works of Paul Klee, Andre... more
The purpose of this analysis is to review and critique current US dual diagnosis theories and to apply a new methodology to dual diagnosis in the practical setting of everyday nursing care. Although the term or concept of dual diagnosis... more
April 2020 marks what would have been the hundredth birthday of Professor Thomas Stephen Szasz, who passed away in 2012. This year was also the 60th anniversary of the first publication of his iconoclastic thesis on the “myth of mental... more
Plautus’ Roman comedy Menaechmi (The Two Menaechmuses) of c. 200 BC anticipates in fictional form the famous Rosenhan experiment of 1973, a landmark critique of psychiatric diagnosis. An analysis of the scenes of feigned madness and... more
Biografía de Thomas Szasz, el psiquiatra anti-psiquiatría, un verdadero libertario.
Psychiatry against itself: Radicals, rebels, reformers & revolutionaries. A philosophical archaeology Journal of The International Association of Transdisciplinary Psychology, December 2015, 4(1): 1-18. Abstract This essay inverts the... more
The publication in 1960 of Thomas Szasz’s The Myth of Mental Illnes, subtitled Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct was received with hostility by members of the psychiatric establishment . One of his central claims is that... more
PSYCHIATRY AGAINT ITSELF: Radicals, Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries A Philosophical Archaeology Abstract This essay inverts the logic of anti-psychiatry to describe various movements critical of the profession as psychiatry... more
Análise do conceito psicopatia como ilustração da natureza dos termos que estão subsumidos no diagnóstico psiquiátrico, à luz das teorias críticas da regulamentação dos comportamentos indesejados e da filosofia da psiquiatria. Nossa... more
Szasz’s legacy involves two issues in current psychiatry: First, he criticized the concept of mental illness. The DSM-5 debate shows that psychiatry still suffers from unresolved conceptual problems. The definition of the general concept... more
O nietrywialnej relacji między filozofią a psychiatrią nowaorgiamysli.pl/index.php/2019/05/27/o-nietrywialnej-relacji-miedzy-filozofia-a-psychiatria/ Psychiatria i filozofia-w zgodzie ze współczesną specjalizacją nauk-są uprawiane jako... more
I highly recommend this book by Thomas Szasz (1920-2012). Szasz, Thomas (1996). The Meaning of Mind: Language, Morality, and Neuroscience. Westport, Connecticut: PRAEGER. Szasz's argumentation is irresistible and he certainly gives a... more
Cette essai inverse la logique de l’antipsychiatrie et décrit les différents mouvements critiques de la profession : la psychiatrie contre elle-même. Pareil au contraste des philosophes avec les antiphilosophes d’Alain Badiou, les... more
We can study pain, chronic diseases and death from different angles to the biomedical model, to the perspectives and models of psychology, to palliative and terminal care, and even more, to the branch of medicine that scientifically... more
LA PSYCHIATRIE CONTRE ELLE-MÊME Radicaux, rebelles, réformateurs et révolutionnaires Vincenzo Di Nicola Résumé Ce séminaire inverse la logique de l’antipsychiatrie et décrit les différents mouvements critiques de la profession : la... more
Readers of Aeschylus’ Libation Bearers, a Greek tragedy of 458 BC, routinely assert or assume that the hero, Orestes, kills his mother at the behest of the god Apollo. The work of the American psychiatrist Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) shows... more
Published in The Humanist, January/February 2015. Since the author has published a Spanish translation of his book, I offer readers a translation of my review as well. I should emphasize that this is simply a translation of my review... more
In a pair of articles in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, E. Fuller Torrey’s psychiatry is castigated by Thomas Szasz. In return, Torrey dismisses Szasz’ criticism as “increasingly anachronistic.” The current exchange clarifies the... more
In the film classic Blade Runner, the story explores the notion of personal identity through that of carefully crafted androids. Can an android have a personality; can androids be persons? The title of the original story by Philip K. Dick... more
A letter reflecting on "The Celebration of the Life and Work of Thomas Szasz," sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry at Upstate Medical University August 8, 2014. Text by Michael Fontaine, introduced by Jeffrey Schaler. Primarily... more
Abstract: Podemos estudiar el dolor, las enfermedades crónicas y la muerte desde ángulos distintos al modelo biomédico, a las perspectivas y modelos de la psicología, a los cuidados paliativos y los cuidados terminales, y más aún, a la... more
Dr. Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) was one of the greatest thinkers and prose stylists of the last 100 years. Enough time has passed since he died that we can start to take stock of his legacy. This important new collection of essays by former... more
Institutionalization of the Mind Organizers: Alexandra Bacopoulos-Viau (McGill) and Vincent Guillin (UQÀM) Keynote Speaker: Todd Meyers (NYU Shanghai) Participants: - Vincenzo Di Nicola (Université de Montréal) - Isabelle Perreault... more
April 2020 marks what would have been the hundredth birthday of Professor Thomas Stephen Szasz, who passed away in 2012. This year was also the 60 th anniversary of the first publication of his iconoclastic thesis on the "myth of mental... more
* Psychologe und Universitätsdozent, Master in Gesundheit und Psychoanalyse, Aufbaustudium zu Psychoonkologie. Mitglied des Masterstudiengangs für Sozialwissenschaften der Universidad Centroamericana J.S. Cañas-Universidad Don Bosco in El... more
A humorous, fictional but academic conversation between two of psychiatry's giants Sigmund Freud and Thomas Szasz. Or is it a dream? Through their animated dialogue and critique of each other's theories is elicited a contrasting... more
Szasz’s proposed solution to the “epistemological confusion psychiatry has stumbled upon” (1968, p.14), means that we are left with millions of people who have been misdiagnosed, medicated, categorized and labelled. I aim to show that... more