Mental Illness Denialism Sources

Psychiatry pre-1960s

“Civil commitment in the United States”, Megan Testa and Sara G. West, Psychiatry

“The history of electroconvulsive therapy in the United States and its place in American psychiatry: A personal memoir”, Zigmond M. Lebensohn, Comprehensive Psychiatry

 

Psychiatry Background

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), American Psychiatric Association

“Philosophy of psychiatry”, Dominic Murphy, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

“Mental illness denial”, RationalWiki

“Mental disorder (illness)”, Jennifer Radden, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

“What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V”, Dan J. Stein et. al, Psychological Medicine

 

Thomas Szasz and Friends

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct, Thomas Szasz

“The myth of Thomas Szasz”, Jeffrey Oliver, The New Atlantis

“Responding to a Szaszian”, Steven Novella, Neurologica Blog

“Reviving the myth of mental illness”, Steven Morgan

 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

“Rewiring the brain to treat OCD”, Steve Volk, Discover