Where are pain and pleasure experienced: in the mind, the brain, or both?
Pain and Pleasure: A Study of Bodily Feelings
Category: Psychology
Thomas Szasz: The Man and His Ideas
I review the book, Thomas Szasz: The Man and His Ideas.
The Last Interview of Thomas Szasz
Movie review of: The Last Interview with Thomas Szasz.
My Madness Saved Me: The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf
A retrospective psychoanalysis of the life and death of Virginia Woolf by the iconoclast psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
Recollections of a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: The Case of “Prisoner K”
In a rare psychoanalytic case history, Thomas Szasz presents Recollections of a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: The Case of "Prisoner 'K'". In it, Szasz gives us an opportunity to see how he actually practiced psychotherapy. Szasz mentions in the first pages that his practice has since changed, but that he views the case as an adequate case … Continue reading Recollections of a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: The Case of “Prisoner K”
Out of the Box – Book Review
I read the book, Out of the Box, Ron Leifer's autobiography, to learn more about Leifer’s association with Thomas Szasz. I wanted to find out, what if anything, Leifer learned while studying under Szasz during medical school. I found out that while Leifer accepted Szasz’s assertion that mental illness is a metaphor for problems in … Continue reading Out of the Box – Book Review
The Happiness Project – Book Review
The book, The Happiness Project, is written by a student of Thomas Szasz, Ron Leifer. I was disappointed in this book. I was interested in the work of Ron Leifer because he studied under Thomas Szasz. I thought that perhaps Ron could offer some insights into the human condition. What I found were some poorly … Continue reading The Happiness Project – Book Review
Aaron Olson 