Since the modern concept of hysteria was cut from the cloth of malingering, and since the physician most responsible for establishing "hysteria" as a medically legitimate illness was Charcot, I shall start with an examination of his work; and I shall then trace the development of the concept of hysteria to the present time.
An edition of The Myth of Mental Illness
(1961)
The myth of mental illness
foundations of a theory of personal conduct
Rev. ed.
by Thomas Stephen Szasz, Thomas S. Szasz, Thomas Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz, and Szasz, Thomas, S.; Thomas S. Szasz
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Table of Contents
PART ONE. The Myth of Mental Illness : I. Growth and Structure of the Myth : 1. Charcot and the Problem of Hysteria
2. Illness and counterfeit Illness
3. The Social Context of Medical Practice
II. Hysteria: An Example of the Myth : 4. Breuer and Freud's Studies on Hysteria
5. Hysteria and Psychosomatic Medicine
6. Contemporary Views of Hysteria and Mental Illness
PART TWO. Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct : III. Semiotical Analysis of Behavior : 7. Language and Protolanguage
8. Hysteria as Communication
IV. Rule-Following and Analysis of Behavior : 9. The Rule-Following Model of Human Behavior
10. The Ethics of Helplessness and Helpfulness
11. Theology, Witchcraft, and Hysteria
V. Game-Model Analysis of Behavior : 12. The Game-Playing Model of Human Behavior
13. Hysteria as a Game
14. Impersonation and Illness
15. The Ethics of Psychiatry.
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