Psychiatry, Coercion as Cure, Thomas Szasz Book Review
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Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry
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Psychiatry, Coercion as Cure, Thomas Szasz Book Review
Dr. Breeding reviews the book, “Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry” by psychiatrist, Thomas S. Szasz.
“Nearly all books on the history of psychiatry have been written by people who wholeheartedly believe in the reality of `mental illness.’ At long last we have a history of psychiatry by the very man who nearly fifty years ago declared mental illness to be a myth. Stripping away centuries of self-serving propaganda written by psychiatry’s acolytes, Dr. Thomas Szasz gives us a radically new look at the history of the world’s most dangerous political religions. From the eighteenth century’s `trade in lunacy’ to the nineteenth century’s `insane asylums’ to the twentieth century’s `snake pits’ to the twenty-first century’s `outpatient commitment,’ Szasz gives us a radically different perspective on the major episodes in the history of psychiatry. After Coercion as Cure, we will never be able to look at psychiatry again as a legitimate claimant to the throne of medical science.”
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August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
people always …
people always called me special .
i am surelly weird .
but really im just supper normal .
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
No, prokopton. …
No, prokopton. Behaviour you described is a behaviour of a filthy perv, not mentally ill.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
That’s a very …
That’s a very enlightening comparison: Psychiatry is the new Religion as a form of social control.
Clinton slid a cigar up a vagina of an intern, Eliot Spitzer used the services of prostitutes while he was Governor of New York, Christie Brinkley’s husband had an affair with a teenager and spent $3,000/month on porn…If these people weren’t rich or influential, I’m sure they’d be labeled as mentally ill and put on drugs.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
As you should know …
As you should know if you studied psychology, psychology has come a LONG way from Freud. Although I’d like to know when, where and how Freud apparently tortured children.
You’re comparing psychology with astrology? I’m not even going to get into an argument about that. Although I will say that Pisces does NOT mean you are depressed. It means (according to astrology) you MAY be susceptible to depression, not that you have a depressive disorder.
Psychology is about helping people, not money.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
FYI, my IQ is above …
FYI, my IQ is above average according to the WAIS-IV.
Second of all, someone with an IQ of below 80 would generally not have the language skills that I have displayed in my posts.
What am I supposed to be taking responsibility for exactly?
I’m a jerk? I was simply stating back what Dr. Breeding said in his video and challenging his points on mental illness (which doesn’t exist according to him, yet he makes videos about it and is a psychologist..?).
Also, what don’t you get exactly?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
your talkin about a …
your talkin about a “science” mostly based on freud (wanted to screw his mommy, had a cocaine addiction and tortured children)
ive studied psycology and its a crock, i dropped it and became a bartender bc i actually wanted to help people. all you have to do is listen, thats all people want. and astrology shows you what mental/phys probs each sign endures. (like pisces is a depressed person)
its all to make money and make folks think they are nuts.
blessings to all!
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
The title of the …
The title of the book is exactly what the Department of State will use to achieve consensus to move their corporate agendas.
So easy to use on the timid pathetic and weak media addicts.
Coercion is like taking candy from a baby when speaking in public is a populace’s number one fear.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
far out
far out
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
You’re right; it’s …
You’re right; it’s pretty boring.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I don’t get it.
…
I don’t get it.
Are you actually operating at a low 80s IQ and making up for it by talking down to people because that tricks other low intelligent people who also miss the main points?
Or is this all a scheme to justify willful ignorance so you don’t have to take responsibility?
Or are you just a jerk?
Or is there something else? Perhaps you are a 7 year old with an exceptional vocabulary?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Read “The Yellow …
Read “The Yellow Wallpaper” (short story) by a woman who was treated by Weir Mitchell. She focuses on the “rest cure”
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
First of all, learn …
First of all, learn to pronounce non-maleficence. You’re a psychologist; you should probably know how to pronounce such an important term in psychology even though you call it “goobly-gook”.
Second of all, you claim you don’t believe in mental illnesses and yet you make reference to dementia and alzheimers coming into effect at an older age. They are mental diseases (dementia being a form of alzheimer’s).
Either mental disorders exist, or they do not. Make up your mind already.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Perhaps if we …
Perhaps if we administered Methylphenidate we can cultivate the attention span needed to listen to what is good for you?
…if you are unwilling, electro-shock treatments can cure your uncooperativeness.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
most psychiatrists …
most psychiatrists are criminals and say people are mentally ill to profit from treating them. psychiatry was used forever by criminals in government to drug people and control them including politicians and other persons.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
most of the …
most of the homeless are abused or drug addicts. drugs make people mentally ill both legal and illegal. most of those in the street are there because psychiatrist already put their hands on them and drugged and made them lose their minds. once the medical coverage won’t pay, they are left sick. you see it is all for profit. it is all about money, the criminal doctors turn people into mentally ill and then treat them untill all their money runs out. the point is to keep them sick and cash cows.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I think he’s …
I think he’s fantastic,his voice and delivery is completely perfect from where I’m sitting - if you see him in the thumbnail,maybe you should not click on it?
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
The ‘Bad Gene’ …
The ‘Bad Gene’ theory is the foundation of some evil stuff.
It is the prime thread of reasoning behind the Nazi holocaust… and many of the Nazi doctors and scientists wrote glowingly about U.S. eugenics programs based on the same idea. The Nazi’s just took it another step forward. But these ideas are still VERY prevalent (informally) with powerful people in America, including ‘elite’ psychiatrists - and the eugenics programs also continue, but now in more concealed deceptive ways.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
But is it ethical …
But is it ethical to leave these mentally ill people on the street if unable to get them help without use of coercion?
Schizophrenia is so prevalent in the homeless population of Canada, but most people just attribute their unusual behavior and economic disposition to the persons rather than the disorders.
These people need help, and I’m not sure how they would
receive help if not forced into it somehow.
(a little off topic, but it’s a thought that popped in my head while watching this video)
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Of course the book …
Of course the book only looks at the negative aspects of psychiatry
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
my drug is not my …
my drug is not my problem! Noooooooooooo!
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
uuhg…i only watch …
uuhg…i only watch these phychetruth vids for nutrition with Natalie, this guys voice lost me pretty fast…
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
excellent video
excellent video
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I actually prefer …
I actually prefer the Peter Breggin book, “Your Drug May Be Your Problem”.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Thanks for your …
Thanks for your help Dr. Breeding. I hope that one day the world will figure out the truth about the mental health system and start to see that not only do people get misdiagnosed but that there is the possibility of patients making a true full psychiatric recovery with little or no medication too! If anyone doubts it Google up the name Dr. Daniel Fisher or The National Empowerment Center!
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Enjoyed as always - …
Enjoyed as always - thank you!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Dorothy rowe goes along the same lines too. I ve just been reading her books and they are very interesting to.