Liberation by Oppression

Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a 2002 critique of psychiatry by the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.

Summary
Szasz compares the justification of psychiatry with the justification of slavery in the United States, stating that both necessarily deny the subject's right to personhood.

Reception
Reviews on this book were published by Psychiatric Services, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Ethical Human Sciences and Services, and The Independent Review.