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The concept of mental illness
explanation or justification?
pp. 235-250
Abstract
Why does the concept of "mental illness' cause continuing difficulties, both philosophical and practical? There are, as I have tried to show for the past twenty years, several reasons for this [7, 11, 12, 14] .
Publication details
Published in:
Engelhardt Tristram, Spicker Stuart (1978) Mental health: philosophical perspectives: proceedings of the fourth trans-disciplinary symposium on philosophy and medicine. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 235-250
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-6909-5_17
Full citation:
Szasz Thomas S. (1978) „The concept of mental illness: explanation or justification?“, In: T. Engelhardt & Spicker (eds.), Mental health: philosophical perspectives, Dordrecht, Springer, 235–250.