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Thomas Szasz

(1920–2012) Psychiatrist Hungary

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Thomas Szasz was a psychiatrist from Hungary, best known for My Madness Saved Me.

Quick Facts About Thomas Szasz

Born
April 15, 1920
Died
September 8, 2012
Nationality
Hungary
Profession
Psychiatrist
Notable works
My Madness Saved Me

About Thomas Szasz

Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. A distinguished lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, he was best known as a social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, as what he saw as the social control aims of medicine in modern society, as well as scientism.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Humanist of the Year Rollo May Award Martin Buber Award Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged

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