Vor 50 Jahren sorgte Thomas Szasz mit seinem Buch "The Myth of Mental Illness" für Aufruhr. Es stellte das komplette Selbstverständnis der Psychiatrie als humanmedizinische Wissenschaft infrage. Ob jemand psychisch "normal" oder...

Millions of Americans, diagnosed mentally ill, are drugged and confined by doctors for non-criminal conduct, go unpunished for crimes they commit, and are supported by the state - not because they are sick but because they are...

Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labeling and prohibiting certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating drug "addicts" in order to cure them. Szasz asserts that such policies scapegoat...

Drawing on his general theory of the myth of mental illness, Thomas Szasz makes a compelling case that the voluntary termination of one's own life is the result of a decision, not a disease. He presents an in-depth examination and...