Liberation by Oppression

Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry
Author	Thomas Szasz
Language	English
Subject	Psychiatry
Published	2002
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-0-7658-0145-6

Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a 2002 critique of psychiatry by the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.

Summary

Szasz compares the justification of psychiatry with the justification of slavery in the United States, stating that both necessarily deny the subject's right to personhood.

Reception

Reviews on this book were published by Psychiatric Services,^[1] The British Journal of Psychiatry,^[2]^[3] Ethical Human Sciences and Services,^[4] and The Independent Review.^[5]

References

^ Padykula, Nora LaFond (April 2004). "Liberation by Oppression" (PDF). Psychiatric Services. 55 (4): 461. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.55.4.461. ISSN 1557-9700. S2CID 74514592. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ Persaud, Raj (2003). "Liberation by Oppression". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 182 (3): 273. doi:10.1192/bjp.182.3.273.
^ Schaler, J. A. (2003). "Slavery and psychiatry". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 183 (1): 77–78. doi:10.1192/bjp.183.1.77-a. PMID 12835252.
^ Cohen, David (2003). "Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry". Ethical Human Sciences and Services. 5 (1): 75–78. ISSN 1523-150X.
^ Baker, Robert (Winter 2003). "Psychiatry's Gentleman Abolitionist" (PDF). The Independent Review. VII (3): 455–460. ISSN 1086-1653. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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[Padykula-1] Padykula, Nora LaFond (April 2004). "Liberation by Oppression" (PDF). Psychiatric Services. 55 (4): 461. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.55.4.461. ISSN 1557-9700. S2CID 74514592. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[Persaud-2] Persaud, Raj (2003). "Liberation by Oppression". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 182 (3): 273. doi:10.1192/bjp.182.3.273.

[Schaler-3] Schaler, J. A. (2003). "Slavery and psychiatry". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 183 (1): 77–78. doi:10.1192/bjp.183.1.77-a. PMID 12835252.

[4] Cohen, David (2003). "Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry". Ethical Human Sciences and Services. 5 (1): 75–78. ISSN 1523-150X.

[Baker-5] Baker, Robert (Winter 2003). "Psychiatry's Gentleman Abolitionist" (PDF). The Independent Review. VII (3): 455–460. ISSN 1086-1653. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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