TY  - GEN
AU  - Szasz, Thomas 
TI  - Law, liberty and psychiatry: an inquiry into the social uses of mental health practices
SN  - 9780815602422
U1  - 345.73 SZA/L 
PY  - 1989///
CY  - United States of America -- 
PB  - Syracuse University Press-- 
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Law
KW  - Criminal liability
KW  - Forensic psychiatry
KW  - United States
N1  - *Introduction - 

*Psychiatry as a science - 

*Psychiatry as a social institution - 

*Psychiatry and the criminal law

*Psychiatry and constitutional rights - 

*Psychiatry and public policy - 

*Summary and conclusions

N2  - Dr. Thomas Szasz on the shortcomings of commitment procedures, and the inadequacies of protections afforded patients in psychiatric institutions. He alerts us to the existing and potential abuses of human rights in mental health programs and procedures
ER  -