The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct |
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The Bible Unmasked . New York : Freethought Press , 1948 . LIFTON , R. J. ( 1956 ) . " Thought reform " of Western civilians in Chinese communist prisons . Psychiatry , 19 : 173 . LINCOLN , A. ( 1858 ) . From a letter .
The Bible Unmasked . New York : Freethought Press , 1948 . LIFTON , R. J. ( 1956 ) . " Thought reform " of Western civilians in Chinese communist prisons . Psychiatry , 19 : 173 . LINCOLN , A. ( 1858 ) . From a letter .
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Book One The Myth of Mental Illness | 8 |
MALINGERING | 37 |
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| Title | The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct A Delta Book A Hoeber-Harper book |
| Author | Thomas Szasz |
| Publisher | Hoeber-Harper, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 337 pages |
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