s/ A Comparative Study of the Inquisition & the Mental Health MovementDr Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition & institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show "that the belief in mental illness & the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications & political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft & the social actions to which it led."AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionThe Inquisition & Institutional PsychiatryThe Manufacture of MadnessThe Painted BirdA Synoptic History of Persecutions for Witchcraft &Mental IllnessReferencesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author