A leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with
schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as
a treatment Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one
of radical incarceration, mind-altering medications, isolation, and
dehumanization. At a time when the treatment of choice is
anti-psychotic medication, world-renowned psychoanalyst Christopher
Bollas asserts that schizophrenics can be helped by much more
humane treatments, and that they have a chance to survive and even
reverse the process if they have someone to talk to them regularly
and for a sustained period, soon after their first breakdown. In
this sensitive and evocative narrative, he draws on his personal
experiences working with schizophrenics since the 1960's. He offers
his interpretation of how schizophrenia develops, typically in the
teens, as an adaptation in the difficult transition to adulthood.
With tenderness, Bollas depicts schizophrenia as an understandable
way of responding to our precariousness in a highly unpredictable
world. He celebrates the courage of the children he has worked with
and reminds us that the wisdom inherent in human beings-to turn to
conversation with others when in distress-is the fundamental
foundation of any cure for human conflict.
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A brilliant writer on the topic of Schizophrenia
Thu, 7 Jul 2022 | Review
by: Ava
Informative and written in a style which is both authentic and accessable
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