The Therapeutic State; Psychiatry in the Mirror of Current Events
by Thomas Szasz
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0879752424
- ISBN 13
- 9780879752422
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984 Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY. 1984. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition Thus. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light edge bumps; small crease in front and rear wrap; small stains on bottom of rear wrap. No DJ. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 360 pp 8vo. In this collection of exciting and lucid essays on "mental illness", involuntary mental hospitalization, the insanity defense, psychiatry in the Soviet Union, drug laws, and sex education and therapy, the author mercilessly exposes the pretensions of the American mental-health establishment and demolishes the arguments of its allies and apologists. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005979
- Title
- The Therapeutic State; Psychiatry in the Mirror of Current Events
- Author
- Thomas Szasz
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0879752424
- ISBN 13
- 9780879752422
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo, NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- mental illness, involuntary mental hospitalization, the insanity defense, psychiatry in the Soviet Union, drug laws, sex education, sexual therapy, first amendment rights, psychiatry,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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