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By: R. D. Laing
ISBN: 9780141189376
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Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
UK Publication Date: 28th January 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Using case studies of patients the author had worked with, this title argues that psychosis is not a medical condition but an outcome of the 'divided self', or the tension between the two personas within us: one our authentic, private identity, and the other the false, 'sane' self that we present to the world.
(Paperback)
By: R. D. Laing
ISBN: 9780140134865
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Publication Date: Apr 1990
UK Publication Date: 26th April 1990
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us leads to feelings of alienation and a waste of human potential. This title examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and 'us and them' thinking, and illustrates ideas with a case history of a ten-day psychosis.
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