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Thomas Szasz was a Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic who was one of the most influential critics of psychiatry in the 20th century. He argued that mental illness is a myth and that psychiatry is a form of social control. His work has been highly controversial, but it has also had a profound impact on the way we think about mental illness and psychiatry.
Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1920
* Immigrated to the United States in 1938
* Received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1944
* Taught psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University from 1956 to 1990
* Wrote several books, including The Myth of Mental Illness (1961) and Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry (1963)
* Argued that mental illness is a myth and that psychiatry is a form of social control
* His work has been highly controversial, but it has also had a profound impact on the way we think about mental illness and psychiatry
* Died in Manlius, New York in 2012
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
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