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The Divided Self

Author : R. D. Laing
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141962089
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Divided Self written by R. D. Laing and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Divided Self, R.D. Laing's groundbreaking exploration of the nature of madness, illuminated the nature of mental illness and made the mysteries of the mind comprehensible to a wide audience. First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, psychiatrist R. D. Laing argued 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. Laing's radical approach to insanity offered a rich existential analysis of personal alienation and made him a cult figure in the 1960s, yet his work was most significant for its humane attitude, which put the patient back at the centre of treatment. Includes an introduction by Professor Anthony S. David. 'One of the twentieth century's most influential psychotherapists' Guardian 'Laing challenged the psychiatric orthodoxy of his time ... an icon of the 1960s counter-culture' The Times

The Divided Laing

Author : Patrick Marmion
Publisher : Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1906582831
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Divided Laing written by Patrick Marmion and published by Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London 1970: Experimental psychiatrist R.D. Laing is facing eviction from his pioneering asylum in the East End’s Kingsley Hall. Local residents are up in arms – and to make matters worse, Ronnie’s revolutionary colleague David Cooper is flipping out on the roof... With his personal life going down the pan and his mental state heading the same way, Ronnie takes an acid trip to the future. His mission is to save his therapeutic collective The Philadelphia Association and secure his professional legacy. Will it be a one-way ticket to madness – or can breakdown sometimes mean breakthrough?

R.D. Laing and the Paths of Anti-psychiatry

Author : Zbigniew Kotowicz
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415116114
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book R.D. Laing and the Paths of Anti-psychiatry written by Zbigniew Kotowicz and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zbigniew Kotowicz re-examines Laing's work in the context of the anti-psychiatry movement. He provides a much needed reassessment of his radical ideas and their significance for psychotherapy and psychiatry today.

Legends of the Dark Knight

Author : Norm Breyfogle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401267636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Legends of the Dark Knight written by Norm Breyfogle and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often credited with revitalizing the Dark Knight in the 1980's, NormBreyfogle's Batman was known for his signature dynamic style. Collected here forthe first time are some of the Bat's most seminal moments--from the firstappearances of Ratcatcher, the Ventriloquist and Cornelius Stirk to an epicbattle against all four Clayfaces, all drawn with Breyfogle's always dramaticstyle. This volume of the Legends of the Dark Knight series focuses on theDetective Comics stories from acclaimed artist Norm Greyfogle and writer AlanGrant. Collects BATMAN ANNUAL #11-12, DETECTIVE COMICS #579, #582-594 and#601-607.

The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise

Author : R. D. Laing
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014194174X
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise written by R. D. Laing and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1990-04-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ‘The Politics of Experience’ and the visionary ‘Bird of Paradise’, R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential. He throws into question the notion of normality, examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and ‘us and them’ thinking, and illustrates his ideas with a remarkable case history of a ten-day psychosis. ‘We are bemused and crazed creatures,’ Laing suggests. This outline of ‘a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man’ represents a major attempt to understand our deepest dilemmas and sketch in solutions. ‘Everyone in contemporary psychiatry owes something to R.D. Laing’ Anthony Clare, the Guardian.

Portrait of the Psychiatrist as a Young Man

Author : Allan Beveridge
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191625485
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Portrait of the Psychiatrist as a Young Man written by Allan Beveridge and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RD Laing remains one of the most famous psychiatrists of the last 50 years. In the 1960s he enjoyed enormous popularity and received much publicity for his controversial views challenging the psychiatric orthodoxy. He championed the rights of the patient, and challenged the often inhumane methods of treating the mentally ill. Based on a wealth of previously unexamined archives relating to his private papers and clinical notes, Portrait of the Psychiatrist as a Young Man sheds new light on RD Laing, and in particular his early formative years - a crucial but largely overlooked period in his life. The first half of the book considers Laing's intellectual journey through the world of ideas and his development as a psychiatric theorist. An analysis of his notebooks and personal library reveals Laing's engagement not only with psychiatric theory, but also with a wide range of other disciplines, such as philosophy, literature, and religion. This part of the book considers how this shaped Laing's writing about madness and his evolution as a clinician. The second half draws on a rich and completely unexplored collection of Laing's clinical notes, which detail his encounters with patients in his early years as a psychiatrist, firstly in the British Army, subsequently in the psychiatric hospitals of Glasgow, and finally in the Tavistock Clinic in London. These notes reveal what Laing was actually doing in clinical practice, and how theory interacted with therapy. The majority of patients who were to appear in Laing's first two books, The Divided Self and The Self and Others have been identified from these records, and this volume provides a fascinating account of how the published case histories compare to the original notes. There is a considerable mythology surrounding Laing, partly created by himself and partly by subsequent commentators. By a careful examination of primary sources, Allan Beveridge, both a psychiatrist and an historian, examines the many mythological narratives about Laing and provide a critical but not unsympathetic account of this colourful and contradictory thinker, who addressed questions about the nature of madness which are still being asked today. This book will be of interest to mental health workers and social historians alike as well as anybody interested in the philosophy of psychiatry.

Knots

Author : Ronald David Laing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140033502
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Knots written by Ronald David Laing and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Legacy of R. D. Laing

Author : M. Guy Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317532473
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of R. D. Laing written by M. Guy Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name R. D. Laing continues to be widely recognized by those in the psychotherapy community in the United States and Europe. Laing’s books are a testament to his breadth of interests, including the understanding of madness, alternatives to conventional psychiatric treatment, existential philosophy and therapy, family systems, cybernetics, mysticism, and poetry. He is most remembered for his devastating critique of psychiatric practices, his controversial rejection of the concept of ‘mental illness,’ and his groundbreaking center for people in acute mental distress at Kingsley Hall, London. Most of the books that have been published about Laing have been written by people who did not know him personally and were unfamiliar with Laing the man and teacher. The Legacy of R. D. Laing: An appraisal of his contemporary relevance is composed by thinkers and practitioners who knew Laing intimately, some of whom worked with Laing. This collection of papers brings a perspective and balance to Laing’s controversial ideas, some of which were never addressed in his books. There has never been a collection of papers that address so thoroughly the question of who Laing was and why he became the most famous psychiatrist in the world. As M. Guy Thompson’s collection illustrates, there are now a number of alternatives to psychiatry throughout the world, and much of this can be credited to Laing’s influence. The Legacy of R. D. Laing will ensure the reader has a keen grasp of who Laing was, what it was like to be his patient or his friend, and why his thinking was far ahead of its time, even in the radical era of the 1970s. It is timely to appraise the nature of his contribution and bring Laing back into contemporary conversations about the nature of sanity and madness, and more humane approaches to helping those in profound mental distress. This book offers an in-depth insight into the work of R.D. Laing. It will be a must read for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, family therapists, psychiatrists and academics alike. M. Guy Thompson, PhD is a Personal and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and Chairman of Free Association, Inc., a non-profit organization devoted to the dissemination of Laing’s ideas, in San Francisco. Dr. Thompson received his psychoanalytic training from R. D. Laing and associates at the Philadelphia Association and is the author of numerous books and journal articles on psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and schizophrenia. He currently lives in San Rafael, California.

Zone of the Interior

Author : Clancy Sigal
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480437077
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Zone of the Interior written by Clancy Sigal and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVA riotously funny saga of institutional insanity, based on the author’s association with the notorious psychiatrist R. D. Laing/divDIV Despite massive literary success, Sidney Bell feels perpetually unsatisfied and suffers unexplained physical ailments. Desperate to straighten out his twisted life, anxiety-ridden Sid seeks help from experimental psychiatrist Dr. Willie Last, whose therapeutic methods involve hallucinatory drugs such as LSD and trading places with his patients. After a tumultuous first trip, Sid ends up at Conolly House, a radical hospital for young schizophrenics where he serves as a “barefoot doctor.” From there, Sigal launches readers on a sardonic, rambling journey through a fantastic breed of insanity./divDIV With his freewheeling, ecstatic prose, Sigal spins a manic psychological quest into a telling portrait of a society in the grips of a turbulent decade. Zone of the Interior is a subversive and uproarious search for clarity and comfort in an increasingly mad world, grounded by an unforgettable narrator./divDIV/div/div

R.D. Laing

Author : Adrian C. Laing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750944762
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book R.D. Laing written by Adrian C. Laing and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R.D. Laing, author of The Divided Self and Knots, was the best-known and most influential psychiatrist of modern times. In this remarkable biography, the only one to be written by a close relative, Laing's son tells the story of his father's life and examines the foundations of his pioneering and unorthodox work on madness and the family. Adrian Laing is the second of R.D. Laing's six sons and is a lawyer and author. He lives in London.

Self and Others: Selected Works of R D Laing Vol 2

Author : R D Laing
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134640889
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Self and Others: Selected Works of R D Laing Vol 2 written by R D Laing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1961 this book is divided into two parts. In the first Laing critiques the Kleinian view of unconsciou phantasy, as developed by Susan Sutherland Isaacs. He emphasizes the overwhelming presence of social phantasy systems. In Part 2, Laing discusses the extent to which an individual is or is not invested in their own actions, using ideas drawn from Martin Buber and Sartre

Wisdom, Madness and Folly

Author : Ronald David Laing
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0862418313
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Wisdom, Madness and Folly written by Ronald David Laing and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable autobiography charts the subtle horrors of Laing's own upbringing in the 1940s. The author's lucid and witty prose offers some unforgettable personal experiences and a host of cultural, political and professional insights.

The Myth of Mental Illness

Author : Thomas S. Szasz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062104748
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Mental Illness written by Thomas S. Szasz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times The 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays. Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern life.

Self and Others

Author : Ronald David Laing
Publisher : Viking Press
ISBN 13 : 9780140134674
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Self and Others written by Ronald David Laing and published by Viking Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychiatrist studies the patterns of social interaction, paying special attention to the relationship between individual experience and behavior

Sanity, Madness, and the Family

Author : R. D. Laing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Sanity, Madness, and the Family written by R. D. Laing and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Operators and Things

Author : Barbara Pseud O'Brien
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015190825
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Operators and Things written by Barbara Pseud O'Brien and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology

Author : Giovanni Stanghellini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192524615
Total Pages : 1184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology written by Giovanni Stanghellini and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of phenomenological psychopathology (PP) is concerned with exploring and describing the individual experience of those suffering from mental disorders. Whilst there is often an understandable emphasis within psychiatry on diagnosis and treatment, the subjective experience of the individual is frequently overlooked. Yet a patient's own account of how their illness affects their thoughts, values, consciousness, and sense of self, can provide important insights into their condition - insights that can complement the more empirical findings from studies of brain function or behaviour. The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology is the first ever comprehensive review of the field. It considers the history of PP, its methodology, key concepts, and includes a section exploring individual experiences within schizophrenia, depression, borderline personality disorder, OCD, and phobia. In addition it includes chapters on some of the leading figures throughout the history of this field. Bringing together chapters from a global team of leading academics, researchers and practitioners, the book will be valuable for those within the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and philosophy.