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Thomas Szasz | |
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| Szász Tamás István | |
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| Born | Thomas Stephen Szasz April 15, 1920 |
| Died | September 8, 2012 (aged 92) Manlius, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Citizenship | Hungary, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
| Known for | Criticism of psychiatry |
| Spouse | Rosine Loshkajian (m. 1951; died 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | State University of New York Upstate Medical University |
| Website | szasz |
Thomas Stephen Szasz (/sɑːs/ SAHSS; Hungarian: Szász Tamás István [saːs]; 15 April 1920 – 8 September 2012) was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.[2] A distinguished lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, he was best known as a social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, as what he saw as the social control aims of medicine in modern society, as well as scientism.
Szasz maintained throughout his career that he was not anti-psychiatry but rather that he opposed coercive psychiatry. He was a staunch opponent of civil commitment and involuntary psychiatric treatment, but he believed in and practiced psychiatry and psychotherapy between consenting adults.
- ^ Carey, Benedict (September 12, 2012). "Dr Thomas Szasz, Psychiatrist who led movement against his field, dies at 92". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Knoll, James (September 13, 2012). "In Memoriam – Thomas Stephen Szasz, MD". Psychiatric Times. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2014.