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Alternatives to the medical model

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Question 20

According to Szasz (2011) in The Myth of Mental Illness: 50 Years Later, mental illness is conceptualised as a metaphor rather than a genuine physical disease. Explain how Szasz contrasts the diagnostic criteria of physical diseases with those of mental illnesses to support this argument.

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Alternatives to the medical model Questions

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