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(1978) Mental health: philosophical perspectives, Dordrecht, Springer.

The concept of mental illness

explanation or justification?

Thomas S. Szasz

pp. 235-250

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] .

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-6909-5_17

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Szasz, T. S. (1978)., The concept of mental illness: explanation or justification?, in T. Engelhardt & S. Spicker (eds.), Mental health: philosophical perspectives, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 235-250.

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