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THOMAS S. SZASZ, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1958;101(2):228-238.

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It is a great pleasure and a privilege to join with Dr. Castle's friends, colleagues, and former students in celebrating his 60th birthday by contributing to a Festschrift in his honor.

Although the note which I will introduce stems from my work in psychiatry and psychoanalysis, I believe that it is nevertheless fitting for the occasion. I propose to consider the similarities and differences between medicine and psychiatry. This subject is usually debated in informal gatherings in a personal and impressionistic fashion. Instead of this approach, my purpose here is to present a scientific inquiry into this subject, meaning thereby an examination of medicine and psychiatry as bodies of knowledge, methods of treatment, and professional roles in society.

The Common-Sense Approach to Medicine and Psychiatry

I shall begin with what may be called the common-sense approach to medicine and psychiatry. According to this view, medicine comprises a very large area . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Syracuse, N. Y.

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York College of Medicine, Upstate Medical Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 30, 1957.

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