Thomas Szasz debates involuntary psychiatric commitment
This film presents a panel discussion between Jules H. Masserman, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Northwestern University Medical School, and Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York. Harold Visotsky, M.D., Chairman, Department of Psychiatry at Northwestern University Medical School, acts as moderator. Dr. Masserman contends that there are certain clinical situations in which an individual must be hospitalized against his will for psychiatric reasons, whereas Dr. Szasz contends that psychiatry must be practiced on a purely contractual basis with the patient. 1969, United States. Public Health Service.National Medical Audiovisual Center. "The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain."
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Thomas Szasz on psychotherapy
Dr. Szasz is among the most famous psychiatrists and psychiatry's greatest critic. He supported and practiced what some call "psychotherapy," but he called it "conversation" and rejected the notion that it was therapy or that people who sought his help had "mental illness."
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Piel Canela at Mercado La Cruz, Queretaro, Mexico (Dec 2022)
The band played Piel Canela during a pre-Christmas concert at Mercado La Cruz at Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Band name unknown. Piel Canela was composed by Bobby Capó of Puerto Rico.
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Viehjud Levi (Jew Boy Levi)
The Nazis are bringing the railroad to the Black Forest. Through threats, manipulation, and violence, they alter the traditional relationships, which bodes ill for the itinerant merchant Levi. Ominous and poignant, with a perceptive script and excellent cast.
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D. C. Stephenson: Hustler of Hate (Ku Klux Klan in Indiana)
Sofia Martin's fourth grade history project. A biography of the man who built America's largest Klan organization in the 1920s.
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