Sanity, Madness And The Family: Families Of Schizophrenics by Aaron Esterson and Ronald David Laing

Madmen were once thought to be possessed by the devil: only very slowly has the clinical approach superseded that idea. Sanity, Madness and the Family may well come to be seen as a classic of psychiatry just because it invites an equally radical change in our view of madness. To prepare this human and readable report Drs Laing and Esterson conducted and recorded (on tape) a series of interviews, during a period of 5 years, with 11 patients who had been authoritatively diagnosed as 'schizophrenic': the novel aspect of their investigation was that parents and relatives of the patients, in all possible combinations, were drawn into these interviews. In this way the authors dramatically exposed the cross-currents of affection, hatred, and indifference within the family, frequently displaying the ugly sight of children being brainwashed by parents.

Publisher:	London, Tavistock Publications
Year:	1970
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	Fair
Description:	Owner's Name inside. Cover worn, pages tanned,.

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SKU: 1592451
Location: Psychology