Thomas Szasz - Psychiatry: The Science of Lies

I am greatly indebted to Anthony Stadlen for his invaluable assistance. I thank also Mira de Vries and Roger Yanow for their careful reading of the manuscript and excellent suggestions, and the staff of library of the Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York in Syracuse for their devoted and generous assistance. As always, my brother George has been a boundless source of information and a sober critic.

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