Research Catalog

Title

The myth of mental illness : foundations of a theory of personal conduct / Thomas S. Szasz, M.D.

Author

Szasz, Thomas, 1920-2012

Publication

New York : Harper & Row, [1961]

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Details

Description

xiii, 337 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Psychiatry
• Mental illness
• Hysteria
• Ethics
• Hysteria
• Mental Disorders
• mental disorders
• Mental illness
• Psychiatry
• Kritik
• Psychische Störung
• Psychische stoornissen
• Afwijkend gedrag
• Marginaliteit
• Antipsychiatry

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: 311-327.

Contents

Book One. The Myth of Mental Illness. PART I: Growth and Structure of the Myth -- 1. Charcot's contribution to the problem of hysteria -- 2. The logic of classification and the problem of malingering -- 3. Sociology of the therapeutic situation -- PART II: Hysteria: An Example of the Myth -- 4. Breuer and Freud's "Studies on Hysteria" -- 5. Contemporary views on hysteria and mental illness -- 6. Hysteria and psychosomatic medicine -- Book Two. Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct -- PART III. Semiotical Analysis of Behavior -- 7. Hysteria and language -- 8. Hysteria as nondiscursive language -- 9. Hysteria as indirect communication -- PART IV. Rule-Following Analysis of Behavior -- 10. The rule-following model of human behavior -- 11. The ethics of helplessness and helpfulness -- 12. Theology, witchcraft, and hysteria -- PART V. Game-Model Analysis of Behavior -- 13. The game-playing model of human behavior -- 14. The codification of game-rules: problems of impersonation and cheating -- 15. Hysteria as a game -- 16. Object relationships and the game model -- Summary and Conclusions -- Epilogue.

LCCN

61009714

OCLC

• ocm14106320
• 14106320
• SCSB-219227

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library