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Substantial and ground-breaking work explaining the flaws in modern psychiatry, and the uselessness of 19th century labels and classifications in the modern world.
Synopsis
Explains what madness is, to show that it can be understood in psychological terms, and that by studying it we can learn important insights about the normal mind. This book argues that traditional approaches to madness must be abandoned in favour of an approach which is more consistent with what we know about the human mind.