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Author: Thomas S. Szasz, M.D.
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Thomas S. Szasz, M.D.

Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. is the author of "The Myth of Mental Illness" and professor of psychiatry emeritus, SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, N.Y.
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Beheading on a Bus

Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

In August 2008, Canadians were shocked to learn that Edmonton resident Vincent Li had stabbed to death and decapitated a stranger on a bus. On …

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In Response to Bettina Bien Greaves

Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. April 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

I would like thank Bettina Greaves for her comment on my essay “Mises and Psychiatry” (March). I share her admiration and respect for Mises and …

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Rothbard on Szasz

Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. March 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

My book, The Myth of Mental Illness, was published in 1961. Its message is stated unambiguously in the title: Mental illness is a fiction, a …

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Mises and Psychiatry

Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. February 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

Because ours is an age of specialization, we expect specialists to be particularly knowledgeable about their areas of expertise and, for other matters, rely on …

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