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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: self-actualization
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 17:05:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 17:05:21 1985
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Summary: "Mental Illness" is a myth; Therapy ain't just for sickies

Those of you who might like a new perspective on the nature of psycho-
therapy should check out _The Myth Of Mental Illness_ by Thomas Szasz, MD.
This book was considered quite radical when its first edition was
published in the 1950's, but today Szasz's analysis has a fair amount of
acceptance in psychiactric circles (the mainstay of conservatism in
psychotherapy), and is pretty much old hat to most psychologists.

On the other hand, it blows the generally accepted public perception of
``mental illness'' right out of the water.  It's amazing how public
understanding of psychotherapy is even more backwards than its
understanding of medicine, but I suppose that once the pall of ``mental
illness'' was put over psychotherapy few people wanted to have anything to
do with it.

		-Ed Hall
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