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Thomas Szasz is professor psychiatry emeritus, Health Science Center, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York. He is author most recently of Liberation By Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry, published by Transaction. This article is adapted from his Hans Loewald Award Address delivered to The International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education in 2002.
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Szasz, T. Cleansing the modern heart. Soc 40, 52–59 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-003-1018-8
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