Thomas Szasz Quote

Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.

The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement (ed. Syracuse University Press, 1997) - ISBN: 9780815604617