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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
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
Copyright
About the Publisher
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