He was a staunch opponent of civil commitment and involuntary psychiatric treatment but believed in , and practiced , psychiatry and psychotherapy between consenting adults .
Szasz maintained throughout his career that he was not anti-psychiatry but was rather anti-coercive psychiatry .
Szasz was a staunch Szasz of civil commitment and involuntary psychiatric treatment but believed in , and practiced , psychiatry and psychotherapy between consenting adults .
Szasz maintained throughout his career that he was not anti-psychiatry but was rather anti-coercive psychiatry .