When the sun bursts : the enigma of schizophrenia / Christopher Bollas.
When the sun bursts : the enigma of schizophrenia / Christopher Bollas.
When the sun bursts : the enigma of schizophrenia / Christopher Bollas.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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G 2015/4596
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 226 pages : 1 black and white illustration ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Up against the wall -- A nation's madness -- Frozen psychosis -- Free speech -- A magical bench -- Listening to a different logic -- Mind-blowing thoughts -- From history to mythology -- Leaving things alone -- Metasexuality -- Hearing voices -- Assumed knowledge -- Hiding the mind -- Dodging though...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
"Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one of radical incarceration, mind-altering medications, isolation, and dehumanization. At a time when the treatment of choice is anti-psychotic medication, world-renowned psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas asserts that schizophrenics can be helped by much more humane treatments, and that they have a...
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When the sun bursts : the enigma of schizophrenia / Christopher Bollas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2015.
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G 2015/4596
Record Identifier
74VKzdG0pAod
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzdG0pAod
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ISBN
0300214731 (hardcover)
9780300214734 (hardcover)
DDC
616.898
MMS ID
991023363269702626
