Szasz T
State University of New York Health Science Center, New York.
J Med Ethics. 1994 Sep;20(3):135-8. doi: 10.1136/jme.20.3.135.
Psychiatric abuse, such as we usually associate with practices in the former Soviet Union, is related not to the misuse of psychiatric diagnoses, but to the political power intrinsic to the social role of the psychiatrist in totalitarian and democratic societies alike. Some reflections are offered on the modern, therapeutic state's proclivity to treat adults as patients rather than citizens, disjoin rights from responsibilities, and thus corrupt the language of political-philosophical discourse.
精神虐待，比如我们通常会联想到前苏联的做法，并非与精神科诊断的滥用有关，而是与极权主义社会和民主社会中精神科医生社会角色所固有的政治权力有关。文中对现代治疗型国家倾向于将成年人当作病人而非公民来对待、将权利与责任相分离，进而腐蚀政治哲学话语语言的现象进行了一些思考。
