How long does it take to read The Myth of Mental Illness?
Thomas S. Szasz, Thomas Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz, Szasz, Thomas, S.; Thomas S. Szasz
The Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas S. Szasz, Thomas Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz, Szasz, Thomas, S.; Thomas S. Szasz takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1961. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author believes that what is nowadays accepted as mental illness is whatever psychiatrists say it is - and that psychiatry has, with increasing zeal, defined more and more kinds of behavior as mental illness. What is termed mental illness is in fact behavior disapproved of by the speaker.
Subjects: Ethics, Hysteria, Mental Disorders, Mental illness, Philosophy, Psychiatry
