Tag: Thomas Szasz

Human life is organized around needs, aims, relationships, constraints, obligations, environments, and the continual requirement to adapt. When something important is missing, blocked, threatened, deteriorating, or in conflict, a …

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz used the phrase “problems in living” to describe many of the personal, social, moral, and practical difficulties that people face. A problem in living might involve …

Here is a longer version in your style, matter-of-fact, direct, and flowing: Psychiatric Propaganda I hope that no suicides happen. That is a simple and serious starting point. Human …

I hope that no suicides happen. That is the starting point. Human life has value, and suffering deserves attention, care, and understanding. But the way a society responds to …

Psychiatric coercion remains one of the least examined forms of power in modern society. It often appears under the language of care, safety, and treatment, yet it can involve …