num_pages: 11
description: Dr. Gerald Faris, clinical psychologist, lecturer and former assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and Dr. Ralph Faris, professor of sociology and Director of the Honors Program at the College of Philadelphia explain their findings about the lives of two icons of 1960s music and how each suffered from a little known, complicated condition now clinically defined as “borderline personality disorder.” Living in the Dead Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison -Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder describes the torment of these two personalities–Joplin, the top female blues artist and Morrison, the influential rocker and lead singer of The Doors.The most captivating aspects of the book are the simulated psychotherapy sessions between Janis and then Jim, and an experienced, psychoanalytic psychotherapist. The sessions are riveting and reveal the devastating and relentless nature of the disorder. To those who are irresistibly drawn to the powerful music of these two personalities, Living in the Dead Zone provides insights into their behaviors that are both accessible and provocative. The authors have presented an account of the two performers that has broader applications to the many in our society who suffer from a borderline condition.This book is designed to increase public awareness of the disorder and to assist mental health workers to recognize patients so afflicted. Living in the Dead Zone may also help readers distinguish between the social and the psychological, between cultural trends allowing for easy acceptance of individual idiosyncrasies and the common recognition of emotional imbalance.
language: English
title: Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
titlecomplete: Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Stationery Office Books