Ron has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized.What would Thomas Szasz MOST likely argue?

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Thomas Szasz was a critic of the medical model of mental illness and argued that mental illnesses were not actual diseases, but rather labels society puts on people who behave outside of social norms. He believed that psychiatric diagnoses were subjective and arbitrary, therefore would argue that Ron's diagnosis of schizophrenia is merely a label applied on the basis of highly subjective judgments. He would likely argue against hospitalization and medication, instead advocating for alternative treatments that do not pathologize Ron's behavior.

Ron Has Just Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Hospitalized