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Inevitably, every psychotherapist has some experience with severely
disturbed patients. Consequently, they will turn with excitement to
this important new book which is a stunning attempt by two
knowledgeable, persevering psychotherapists to present their
understanding and sound therapeutic approach to these difficult and
challenging patients. The authors argue that the treatment of
choice is clearly psychotherapy and that such treatment can be
successful and as long lasting for schizophrenic patients as it is
for neurotic patients, but the journey may be longer and it may
take more time to traverse.The task of therapy is to untangle the
past from the present to make the future conceivable. The volume
provides a thorough historical overview of the theoretical and
clinical approaches to the problem of schizophrenia, including the
views of leading contemporary clinicians on the topic. In general,
the major clinical controversies have been regarded as issues of
whether to focus on past, present or future; reality or fantasy;
affects; exploration or relationship; whether the therapist should
be active or passive; and how to handle regression. The authors
argue that these are the wrong issues. They say that the task of
therapy is to untangle the past from the present to make the future
conceivable. Reality and fantasy are intertwined and must both be
dealt with. Affects are central to all therapy, and emphasis on
anger, despair, loneliness, terror, and shame are all necessary, as
is the clarification of affect, and the acceptance of positive
affect. Activity versus passivity is again in the wrong question;
the right one is what action is helpful, when it is helpful, and
when is not doing anything helpful? Regression is inevitable;
should one accept it fully or try to limit it? This has no general
answer other than do what is necessary (i.e., unavoidable) or most
helpful to a particular patient at a particular time.
Inevitably, every psychotherapist has some experience with severely
disturbed patients. Consequently, they will turn with excitement to
this important new book which is a stunning attempt by two
knowledgeable, persevering psychotherapists to present their
understanding and sound therapeutic approach to these difficult and
challenging patients. The authors argue that the treatment of
choice is clearly psychotherapy and that such treatment can be
successful and as long lasting for schizophrenic patients as it is
for neurotic patients, but the journey may be longer and it may
take more time to traverse.The task of therapy is to untangle the
past from the present to make the future conceivable. The volume
provides a thorough historical overview of the theoretical and
clinical approaches to the problem of schizophrenia, including the
views of leading contemporary clinicians on the topic. In general,
the major clinical controversies have been regarded as issues of
whether to focus on past, present or future; reality or fantasy;
affects; exploration or relationship; whether the therapist should
be active or passive; and how to handle regression. The authors
argue that these are the wrong issues. They say that the task of
therapy is to untangle the past from the present to make the future
conceivable. Reality and fantasy are intertwined and must both be
dealt with. Affects are central to all therapy, and emphasis on
anger, despair, loneliness, terror, and shame are all necessary, as
is the clarification of affect, and the acceptance of positive
affect. Activity versus passivity is again in the wrong question;
the right one is what action is helpful, when it is helpful, and
when is not doing anything helpful? Regression is inevitable;
should one accept it fully or try to limit it? This has no general
answer other than do what is necessary (i.e., unavoidable) or most
helpful to a particular patient at a particular time.
..".demonstrates the physical, psychological, and social harm
resulting from the label schizophrenic and the continuous need to
reexamine the underpinnings and attitudes of psychiatry." -Booklist
"Of all the books written about schizophrenia...none is more
comprehensive, accurate, thorough, and clearer in style and
statement than John Modrow's classic How to Become a Schizophrenic.
Modrow, who is a recovered schizophrenic and is, perhaps, the
unrecognized and unappreciated world's foremost authority on this
disorder, has performed a truly invaluable service and has made the
major contribution to our understanding of the causes and cures of
this pseudodisease." -Robert A Baker, Ph.D., former chairman of the
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky; author of They
Call It Hypnosis, Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions from Within
and Mind Games: Are We Obsessed with Therapy? "One of the best
things I've read on the subject...I am struck by the richness of
the ideas and the research and the soundness of the conclusions."
-Peter Breggin, M.D., founder and director of the International
Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology; author of Toxic
Psychiatry and Talking Back to Prozac ..".a very important
contribution to the field." -Theodore Lidz, M.D., former chairman
of the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University; author of The
Origin and Treatment of Schizophrenic Disorders and Schizophrenia
and the Family ..".well researched and easily readable (a difficult
combination to achieve) " -Judi Chamberlin, author of On Our Own:
Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System
..".meticulously challenges all the major research that claims that
schizophrenia is a biological disorder." -Ty C. Colbert, Ph.D.,
author of Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts: What Causes Mental
Illness
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