The Far Side of Madness: 2nd EditionWhen The Far Side of Madness was first published in 1974, John Weir Perry's deep insight into the nature of so-called "schizophrenia" opened the way for a radically new, more compassionate approach to this condition. This pioneering work of Jungian psychiatry reframes acute psychotic episodes in the context of visionary experience of schizophrenic patients and describes innovative methods of handling them. |
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SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RENEWAL PROCESS | 127 |
LOVE AND POWER IN MADNESS | 145 |
eleven | 162 |
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