Schizophrenia
Subtitle: the positive perspective : explorations at the outer reaches of human experience
By: Peter K. Chadwick.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hove, East Sussex; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415459075; 9780415459082
Subjects: Schizophrenia; Gifted persons; Schizophrenics; Creative ability; Schizophrenia; Creativeness; Marijuana Smoking -- psychology; Schizophrenic Psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: in defence of spirituality, mysticism and madness; title: Demystifying madness and mystifying sanity; title: Cannabis and altered states: a positive view; title: Cannabis and altered states: the dark side; title: Getting in to psychosis: the story from the inside; title: Getting out of psychosis: hints and strategies; title: Thinking at the borderline: the 'deep music' theory of reality; title: Desmond: comedian mystic; title: Ivo: fugitive from crassness; title: Denys: adventures in meaning; title: Reflections on the biographical sketches; title: On the acceptance and emotional understanding of psychotic thought; title: Issues in diagnosis, therapy, and understanding.