A Pattern Of Madness
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Author |
: Neville Symington |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1855752794 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781855752795 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Pattern of Madness by : Neville Symington
Born of wide-ranging scholarship, a lifetime's psychoanalytic practice and deep personal commitment and struggle, this book will challenge professional practitioners in the field and all those who take a serious interest in understanding the human psyche.
Author |
: Neville Symington |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2018-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429910418 |
ISBN-13 |
: 042991041X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Pattern of Madness by : Neville Symington
Author of many respected psychoanalytic works including Narcissism: A New Theory, Emotion and Spirit, Making of a Psychotherapist and Spirit of Sanity, the distinguished psychoanalyst Neville Symington's latest book expands, refines and deepens what has become an ever more impressive, far-reaching and absorbing inquiry into the nature of madness and sanity. It is Symington's central contention that the core psychopathology of our times can be identified and designated as narcissism, although self-centredness, egoism or solipsism might serve equally well. Critical of psychiatry's mere symptomatology, and of much psychotherapeutic practice as superficial and sterile, the present volume probes compellingly into the narcissistic pattern in an effort to delineate its structure in all its complexity and thereby gain a measure of perspective and distance from this most intractable of psychic states.
Author |
: John Read |
Publisher |
: Psychology Press |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781583919064 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1583919066 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Models of Madness by : John Read
Models of Madnessshows that hallucinations and delusions are understandable reactions to life events and circumstances rather than symptoms of a supposed genetic predisposition or biological disturbance. International contributors: * critique the 'medical model' of madness * examine the dominance of the 'illness' approach to understanding madness from historical and economic perspectives * document the role of drug companies * outline the alternative to drug based solutions * identify the urgency and possibility of prevention of madness. Models of Madness promotes a more humane and effective response to treating severely distressed people that will prove essential reading for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists and of great interest to all those who work in the mental health service. This book forms part of the International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Psychoses series edited by Brian Martindale.
Author |
: Nassir Ghaemi |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2012-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143121336 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143121332 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis A First-Rate Madness by : Nassir Ghaemi
The New York Times bestseller “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —The Boston Globe “A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —The Washington Post “Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's "depressive realism" to the lackluster leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madness overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.
Author |
: Allan Ingram |
Publisher |
: Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 1998-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0853239924 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780853239925 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century by : Allan Ingram
Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century draws together extracts from writing about madness between the late seventeenth and the early nineteenth centuries, a period that saw a general decline in religious explanations for insanity and a corresponding advance in the professionalization of psychiatry. The book includes extracts from the writings of Johnson, Boswell, Blake and Coleridge.
Author |
: Nicholas A. Basbanes |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 635 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0979949157 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780979949159 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Gentle Madness by : Nicholas A. Basbanes
A Gentle Madness continues to astound and delight readers about the passion and expense a collector is willing to make in pursuit of the book. The book captures that last moment in time when collectors pursued their passions in dusty bookshops and street stalls, high stakes auctions, and the subterfuge worthy of a true bibliomaniac. An adventure among the afflicted, A Gentle Madness is vividly anecdotal and thoroughly researched. Nicholas Basbanes brings an investigative reporter's heart to illuminate collectors past and present in their pursuit of bibliomania. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Author |
: Matthew Blakeway |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2016-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0992796156 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780992796150 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Logic of Madness by : Matthew Blakeway
In assuming that mental illness is a mathematical problem, The Logic of Madness analyses how a human action can be deviant even when rational. It reveals that a person without a genetic or brain abnormality can have an apparent mental disorder that is entirely logical in its structure.
Author |
: Neville Symington |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 185 |
Release |
: 2018-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429916472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429916477 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Narcissism by : Neville Symington
In this book, Neville Symington approaches the well-trodden subject of narcissism, offers us fresh insights from his long clinical experience with patients suffering from this disorder, and sketches some highlights in the history of the concept of narcissism.
Author |
: Seth Farber |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 439 |
Release |
: 2012-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781594777035 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1594777039 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spiritual Gift of Madness by : Seth Farber
A bold call for the “insane” to reclaim their rightful role as prophets of spiritual and cultural transformation • Explains how many of those diagnosed as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other forms of “madness” are not ill but experiencing a spiritual awakening • Explores the rise of Mad Pride and the mental patients’ liberation movement • Reveals how those seen as “mad” must embrace their spiritual gifts to help the coming global spiritual transition Many of the great prophets of the past experienced madness--a breakdown followed by a breakthrough, spiritual death followed by rebirth. With the advent of modern psychiatry, the budding prophets of today are captured and transformed into chronic mental patients before they can flower into the visionaries and mystics they were intended to become. As we approach the tipping point between extinction and global spiritual awakening, there is a deep need for these prophets to embrace their spiritual gifts. To make this happen, we must learn to respect the sanctity of madness. We need to cultivate Mad Pride. Exploring the rise of Mad Pride and the mental patients’ liberation movement as well as building upon psychiatrist R. D. Laing’s revolutionary theories, Seth Farber, Ph.D., explains that diagnosing people as mad has more to do with social control than therapy. Many of those labeled as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other kinds of “mad” are not ill but simply experiencing different forms of spiritual awakening: they are seeing and feeling what is wrong with society and what needs to be done to change it. Farber shares his interviews with former schizophrenics who now lead successful and inspiring lives. He shows that it is impossible for society to change as long as the mad are suppressed because they are our catalysts of social change. By reclaiming their rightful role as prophets of spiritual and cultural revitalization, the mad--by seeding new visions for our future--can help humanity overcome the spiritual crisis that endangers our survival and lead us to a higher and long-awaited stage of spiritual development.
Author |
: Stokes McMillan |
Publisher |
: Stokes McMillan |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2009-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780982529102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0982529104 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Night of Madness by : Stokes McMillan
The year was 1950. Mary Ella Harris, works hard sharecropping alongside her husband, a man with a penchant for gambling, drinking, and associating with unsavory white people. When she is cornered in her home by Leon Turner, a white man who refuses to take no for an answer, Mary Ella narrowly avoids an attempted rape. After his arrest, Leon escapes jail and enacts a bloody revenge with two accomplices. With the eyes of the nation watching, the state itself is on trial. The jury's controversial decision ultimately serves as a catalyst for change.