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By examining the historical representation of schizophrenia through symptoms, metaphor, definitions, and classification we have broadly surveyed schizophrenia’s conceptualisation. Behind the façade of heroic psychiatrists, we have witnessed the formation of a complex social concept. We have begun to sketch what might be called an epistemological sketch of twentieth-century schizophrenia. In doing so, we have furthered our understanding of a concept that an iconoclastic Szasz (1976) once referenced as the greatest scientific scandal of our scientific age.
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McNally, K. (2016). Conclusions: Twentieth-century Schizophrenia. In: A Critical History of Schizophrenia. Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137456816_11
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