Surviving Madness:  A Therapist's Own Story (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: April 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780299176204
Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Biography: general; Gay & Lesbian studies; Psychiatry; Lesbians; Psychotherapy; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Social Scientists & Psychologists; Specific Groups - Lesbians; Social Science / Lesbian Studies; Lesbian Studies; Mental Health; Berzon, Betty; Biography; Lesbian psychotherapists; United States
Description: "Betty Berzon, psychotherapist and author of the book Permanent Partners, tells her own story here. Berzon's journey from psychiatric patient on suicide watch - her wrists tethered to the bed rails in a locked hospital ward - to her present role as a groundbreaking therapist and gay pioneer makes for compelling reading."--BOOK JACKET.