Psychiatric Slaveryic eoleh mm First time in paperback with a new preface by the author “Ina short, powerfully written book, Dr. Szasz takes aim once more at conventional psychiatry, which labels individuals ‘mentally ill,” and at the attendant system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will, The focal point here isa .. . Supreme Court Pee Cie Ronn e ore arent cs RC w oot ited tm came! years. In refuting the widely held notion that the landmark Donaldson Ree een eee ects eae meters or has put the American psychiatric and legal establishments on trial, with disturbing results. He investigates abuses in diagnostic methods, elec- troshock ‘therapy’ and the judicial apparatus. . .. His book, which could rat nee coment cont ecet is Coa ene cerned with the care of the emotionally disturbed and the moral dilem- em steel —Publishers Weekly “Psychiatric Slavery, like many of Szasz's writings, presents a controversial SSCA TM MEM TSN CnTe Mm teeCI MCs Mae Cae te Cc Common interest and is written in an easily understandable style. Recommended for physicians, lawyers, and laymen,” —The Journal of Legal Medicine by eee ee Cae Cee Me cn dred articles and twenty-four books. He was a practic ing psychiatrist and is a professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Health Science Center, State University of New pa eS ectats SAU] Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5160Psychiatric Slavery