States of Mind

Name: States of Mind
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1983-02-20
Cast: Jonathan Miller

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Documentary

Series of programmes about psychology, in which Jonathan Miller talks to eminent psychologists about their theories and beliefs.

Details

StatusEnded

First AiredFebruary 20, 1983

Last AiredJune 4, 1983

Seasons1

Episodes15

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

philosophy psychology neuroscience philosophy of mind

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Last Episode

S1 E15 • 6/4/1983

Thomas Szasz

Despite remarkable advances in medical science over the past century, there is still no clear medical understanding of the causes of most forms of insanity. Dr Thomas Szasz, author of The Manufacture of Madness and The Myth of Mental Illness, argues that madness has been misrepresented as a disease, and that this has enabled psychiatrists to tyrannise and imprison the mad in the name of philanthropy or therapy.