Thomas Szasz （April 15, 1920~ September 8, 2012）沙茨，
　　出生于匈牙利的美国精神病学家，“反精神病学”运动的代表人物，代表作《精神疾病的神话》，1961年初版，1974年再版。坚决主张精神疾病与不合习俗的行为不一定是疾病或犯罪。其强硬和过分极端的批评有助于引起社会重视以改善精神疾病患者的地位和待遇。
Professor Psychiatry Emeritus at the Sate University of New York Upstste Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He is author of 36 books, among them the classic The Myth of Mental Illness and, most recently, Antipsychiatry: Quackery Squared. Widely recognized as the world’s foremost critic of psychiatric coercions and excuses, Dr. Szasz has received many awards for his defense of individual liberty and responsibility threatened by the Therapeutic State (the alliance of psychiatry and the state). His books have been translated into every major language.
www.szasz.com