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When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia
Christopher Bollas
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Description for When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JMP; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
A leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as a treatment 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 chance to survive and even reverse the process if they have someone to talk to them regularly and for a sustained period, soon after their first ... Read more
A leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as a treatment 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 chance to survive and even reverse the process if they have someone to talk to them regularly and for a sustained period, soon after their first ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300223651
SKU
V9780300223651
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About Christopher Bollas
Christopher Bollas is a psychoanalyst, practicing for over 40 years. He has published many books (nonfiction and fiction) including The Shadow of the Object, Being a Character, and most recently China on the Mind.
Reviews for When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia
In this sensitive and evocative narrative, psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas draws on his personal experiences of working with people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia to offer an interpretation of how it develops as an understandable way of responding to our precariousness in a highly unpredictable world. -Therapy Today
Therapy Today
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