Key research: Szasz Flashcards
Name 4 of szasz’s beliefs
1) M.I is a myth
2) M.I is a pseudoscience
3) M.I is politicised
4) M.I is Legalised
What does it mean M.I is a myth?
It’s not a disease that can be scientifically proven like a physical disease
What is szasz quote about M.I as a myth?
“Old diseases like homosexuals disappear,where as new diseases like ADHD appear”
What does M.I as a myth show about M.I?
It shows that it is socially constructed.
What does szasz say about M.I being politicised do for the public?
It makes them feel comfortable
What does the M.I being politicised have to do with the government?
The government bodies decide what M.I exist and controlling the regulation and funding for it.
What does Szasz say about M.I being politicised?
“Virtually all mental health care is now the responsibility of the government and it is regulated and payed for by public money.”
What does Szasz say about M.I as a pseudoscience?
“M.I is a metaphor and is not open to empirical falsification”
How does Szasz explain M.I as a pseudoscience?
There is no scientific or biological proof that M.I exists.
M.I is subjective to interpretation of the psychiatrist.
What does Medical treatment do to M.I as a pseudoscience?
Medical treatment only suppresses symptoms and does not treat the causes.
What does Szasz say about M.I being legalised?
He says that “Individuals should be understood and active players in there own real life dramas”
What does Szasz say about Mentally i’ll patients in M.I legalised?
Mentally i’ll patients are medicated and controlled in M.H hospitals that remove human rights and free will.
What does Szasz say about mental health hospitals?
( M.I is legalised)
Mental health hospitals act like prisons and that psychologists are jailers and judges not healers.
