Breakdown A Personal Crisis and a Medical Dilemma

by Sutherland, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9781905177202
• ISBN10: 1905177208
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-16
• Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd

Summary

This acclaimed account by the bestselling author of Irrationality of his own manic depression remains unique in its honesty and perception. As an eminent psychologist who suffered a severe mental breakdown, Stuart Sutherland was ideally placed to provide an original and insightful description of his illness and its often bizarre consequences.

Table of Contents

Manic-depression: a personal account	p. 1
Onset	p. 3
Background	p. 10
Psychoanalysis	p. 17
The hospital	p. 26
Treatment	p. 41
Recovery	p. 51
Aftermath	p. 57
Sequel	p. 71
Postscript	p. 83
Mental illness: its nature, origins and treatment	p. 87
Who's who	p. 89
The nature of mental illness	p. 99
Diagnosis	p. 109
The origins of mental illness	p. 117
Freudian theory and practice	p. 131
Evaluation of Freud	p. 139
The Freudian cult	p. 143
The wars between the analysts	p. 152
Psychotherapeutic sects	p. 159
Group therapy	p. 170
The wilder shores of therapy	p. 179
Behaviour therapy	p. 186
Cognitive therapies	p. 198
Psychotherapy assessed	p. 207
Manipulating the brain	p. 217
The use of drugs	p. 226
How drugs work	p. 237
What goes wrong	p. 245
Therapeutic folly	p. 250
Ethics	p. 261
Choice of treatment	p. 275
Further reading	p. 279
Notes	p. 281
Glossary	p. 297
Name index to Part II	p. 301
Subject index to Part II	p. 303
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