Summary
Szasz examines the healing art of psychiatry and how the government treats antisocial and mentally disordered persons. He says that the paradigmatic psychiatric actions are civil commitment and the insanity defense, each a euphemism for depriving persons of liberty.
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Psychiatric 'Services'
The standard political-philosophical justification for the state is the need of the community for protection from criminals at home and enemies abroad. The community is now believed to be threatened by another group as well: the mentally disordered. Liberals and conservatives take for granted that coercing these persons is also the duty of the ...
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