{"product_id":"schizophrenia-the-sacred-symbol-of-psychiatry-paperback","title":"Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSzasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease, that psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will and treating them with a variety of unwanted, unsolicited, and damaging interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over four hundred articles and nineteen books; among the most recent are \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTherapeutic State: Psychiatry in the Mirror of Current Events\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInsanity: The Idea and Its Consequences. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was both a practicing psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry at the Health Science Center, State University of New York, in Syracuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.41 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130516213895,"sku":"9780815602248","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/89170af52b365ac95ac5c52f615362fd.webp?v=1732611470","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/schizophrenia-the-sacred-symbol-of-psychiatry-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}