Liberation by Oppression

Template:Short description Template:Infobox book Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a 2002 critique of psychiatry by the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.

Summary

Template:Expand section Szasz compares the justification of psychiatry with the justification of slavery in the United States, stating that both necessarily deny the subject's right to personhood.

Reception

Reviews on this book were published by Psychiatric Services,<ref name="Padykula">Template:Cite journal</ref> The British Journal of Psychiatry,<ref name="Persaud">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Schaler">Template:Cite journal</ref> Ethical Human Sciences and Services,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and The Independent Review.<ref name="Baker">Template:Cite journal</ref>