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Schizophrenia : the positive perspective : explorations at the outer reaches of human experience
- Title
- Schizophrenia : the positive perspective : explorations at the outer reaches of human experience / Peter K. Chadwick ; with contributions by Travis Parker and Terry Hammond.
- Author
- Chadwick, Peter K. (Peter Kenneth), 1946-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RC514 .C44 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 208 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Having worked with people suffering from schizophrenia, Peter Chadwick, amongst others, has observed their uncanny sensitivity and 'frightening empathy'; traits that he believes are ignored amidst the fear & alarm they engender in the public at large.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-198) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction : in defence of spirituality, mysticism and madness -- Demystifying madness and mystifying sanity -- Cannabis and altered states : a positive view / Travis Parker -- Cannabis and altered states : the dark side / Terry Hammond -- Getting in to psychosis : the story from the inside -- Getting out of psychosis : hints and strategies -- Thinking at the borderline : the 'deep music' theory of reality -- Desmond : comedian mystic -- Ivo : fugitive from crassness -- Denys : adventures in meaning -- Reflections on the biographical sketches -- On the acceptance and emotional understanding of psychotic thought -- Issues in diagnosis, therapy and understanding.
- ISBN
- 9780415459075
- 0415459079
- 9780415459082
- 0415459087
- 9786611796709
- 6611796703
- LCCN
- 2008018507
- OCLC
- ocn226279658
- 226279658
- SCSB-9786771
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library