Thomas Szasz: rebel with a questionable cause

The combination of American respect for individualism, doubts about the efficacy and decency of psychiatric treatment, the rise of an anti-paternalism movement with respect to medicine, and a shaky early foundation for some psychiatric diagnoses led to a dramatic shift in US health care: the delegit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2012-10, Vol.380 (9851), p.1378-1379
Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Arthur R, Caplan, Arthur L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavior Civil Rights - history Civil Rights - legislation & jurisprudence Health care History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Hospitals Humans Illnesses Internal Medicine Mental disorders Mental Disorders - history Mental Disorders - therapy Mental health care Psychiatry - ethics Psychiatry - history Reforms Szasz Szasz, Thomas United States
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Zusammenfassung:	The combination of American respect for individualism, doubts about the efficacy and decency of psychiatric treatment, the rise of an anti-paternalism movement with respect to medicine, and a shaky early foundation for some psychiatric diagnoses led to a dramatic shift in US health care: the delegitimisation of the field of mental health care in favour of a philosophical response to mental illness that focused on autonomy and rights. [...]some mental health laws in the USA now better protect the preferences of a patient's psychosis than the patient.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61789-9