In 1961 Szasz testified before a United States Senate Committee, arguing that using mental hospitals to incarcerate people defined as insane violated the general assumptions of the patient-doctor relationship, and turned the doctor into a warden and keeper of a prison.
1961年薩斯在美國參議院委員會中作證指出，認為使用精神病院監禁被定義為精神病的人違反了醫病關係的一般假設，並將醫生變為監獄的監獄長和守護人。