Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted - Thomas Stephen Szasz - Hardcover

The renowned gadfly of psychiatry examines the growing practice of coercing individuals (especially adults economically dependent on others) allegedly in their own best interest. Demonstrates how moral man has been replaced by mental patient in modern society, how sin has been converted to mental illness as a way of controlling undesirables. Deals with psychiatry as a social control medium, how it disposes of those persons unwanted by society, & presents a compelling argument for limiting coercive powers of psychiatry to take away people's personal freedom & relieve them of their personal responsibility.Szasz, Thomas is the author of 'Cruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted - Thomas Stephen Szasz - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780471010128 and ISBN 047101012X.