When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia - Couverture souple

Bollas, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 030022365X ISBN 13 : 9780300223651

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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 breakdown.

In this sensitive and evocative narrative, he draws on his personal experiences working with schizophrenics since the 1960's. He offers his interpretation of how schizophrenia develops, typically in the teens, as an adaptation in the difficult transition to adulthood.

With tenderness, Bollas depicts schizophrenia as an understandable way of responding to our precariousness in a highly unpredictable world. He celebrates the courage of the children he has worked with and reminds us that the wisdom inherent in human beings--to turn to conversation with others when in distress--is the fundamental foundation of any cure for human conflict.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 030022365X
• ISBN 13: 9780300223651
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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