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In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients. - Thomas Szasz
" "In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.
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About Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz (April 15, 1920 – September 8, 2012) was a Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York, and a noted critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry.
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Thomas Stephen Szasz
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