On the Notion of Mental Illness: Problematizing the Medical-model Conception of Certain Abnormal Behavior and Mental Afflictions

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Looks into theoretical controversies concerning the concept of mental illness. The author analyzes the polemics surrounding Szasz's criticism of psychiatry and the mental illness concept. The book concludes that the medical-model conception of mental illness phenomena, still appears problematic."

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