The therapeutic state
Chiefly reprints of articles originally published 1965-1983. Includes bibliographies and index.
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- Szasz's opinions on addiction and 'the therapeutic state' were some of the most clear of any from the field of psychiatry I've heard yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz#Szasz's_main_argu...
- Indeed. It went the way Thomas Szasz described when he wrote The Therapeutic State [0].
It's a common trend in covertly authoritarian governments, but not only, to be able to remove people from the public without a fair trial: just question their sanity and have a doctor sign them in. Sometimes it isn't even the government, but someone well connected who needs someone else removed.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6680331-the-therapeutic-...
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