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Question 9

In his essay 'The Myth of Mental Illness' (revisited in 2011), Szasz argues that mental disorders are metaphoric diseases rather than objective physical conditions.

Evaluate the usefulness of Szasz's view of mental illness as a metaphor, contrasting it with the medical model.

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