[Soixante-Retard]

Dr. Thomas Szasz, a radical psychiatrist, an authoritative critic of the coercive aspects of psychiatry, an iconoclast and a prolific author who championed liberty, responsibility and consensual psychiatric practice died September 8th 2012, aged 92.



A selection of obituaries:

Reason.com:
Thomas Szasz, Relentless Freedom Fighter, Dead at 92

• Misunderstanding Thomas Szasz
• Thomas Szasz: How and Why the Great Libertarian Psychiatrist Thought What He Did

New York Times:
Dr. Thomas Szasz, Psychiatrist Who Led Movement Against His Field, Dies at 92

Cato Institute:
Thomas Szasz, R.I.P.

Syracuse.com:
Thomas Szasz, Manlius psychiatrist who disputed existence of mental illness, dies at 92

• 1992 Post-Standard story explored Dr. Thomas Szasz's controversial views

National Review Online:
Thomas Szasz, R.I.P.

FirstThings.com:
Thomas Szasz and the Psychiatrization of Political Disagreements


A profile on Szasz:
The Myth of Thomas Szasz by Jeffrey Oliver

A video lecture, from 1992, titled "The Right to Take Drugs" based on his book Our Right to Drugs.
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"In this lecture given at Harvard Law school in 1992, Szasz borrows from his then newly-released book Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market, speaking on the medical monopolization of the drug industry backed by the power of the state."

[Wolfman]

Actually, he was a crackpot whose talked about mind-body dualism and a bunch of shit that are disproven in an intro to psych class.

[Soixante-Retard]

Actually, he was a crackpot whose talked about mind-body dualism and a bunch of shit that are disproven in an intro to psych class.

Thank you, Wolfman, for your profound analysis and I do mean that with sincerity since I genuinely think you are capable of little else.

[Verv]

I read a bit about this guy somewhere else... A big loss.