Contents

Cover

Title Page

Preface: Fifty Years After The Myth of Mental Illness

Introduction

Part One: The Myth: of Mental Illness

I : GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE MYTH

     1. Charcot and the Problem of Hysteria

     2. Illness and Counterfeit Illness

     3. The Social Context of Medical Practice

II: HYSTERIA: AN EXAMPLE OF THE MYTH

     4. Breuer and Freud’s Studies on Hysteria

     5. Hysteria and Psychosomatic Medicine

     6. Contemporary Views of Hysteria and Mental Illness

Part Two: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

III: SEMIOTICAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

     7. Language and Protolanguage

     8. Hysteria as Communication

IV: RULE-FOLLOWING ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

     9. The Rule-Following Model of Human Behavior

     10. The Ethics of Helplessness and Helpfulness

     11. Theology, Witchcraft, and Hysteria

V: GAME-MODEL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR

     12. The Game-Playing Model of Human Behavior

     13. Hysteria as a Game

     14. Impersonation and Illness

     15. The Ethics of Psychiatry

Conclusions

Epilogue

Summary

Appendix 1: Mental Illness Is Still a Myth

Appendix 2: Defining Disease

References

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Books by Thomas S. Szasz

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