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Journeys Into Madness
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Author : Gemma Blackshaw
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2012
Journeys Into Madness written by Gemma Blackshaw and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
At the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud's investigation of the mind represented a particular journey into mental illness, but it was not the only exploration of this 'territory' in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Sanatoriums were the new tourism destinations, psychiatrists were collecting art works produced by patients and writers were developing innovative literary techniques to convey a character's interior life. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travellers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers and royalty to tourists; in engaging with their histories, the contributors reveal the different ways in which madness was experienced and represented in 'Vienna 1900'. Gemma Blackshaw is Reader in Art History at Plymouth University. She is currently working on a Leverhulme-funded book on portraiture in Vienna circa 1900. She co-curated the exhibition Madness and Modernity: Art, Architecture and Mental Illness in Vienna 1900 (London and Vienna, 2009-10) and co-edited the exhibition catalogue. Sabine Wieber is Lecturer in Art History at the University of Glasgow. She has published on German and Austrian design culture, German national identity and constructions of gender in Vienna circa 1900. She co-curated the exhibition Madness and Modernity: Art, Architecture and Mental Illness in Vienna 1900 (Vienna, 2010).
Journey Into Madness
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Author : Gordon Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Corgi
Release Date : 1988
Journey Into Madness written by Gordon Thomas and has been published by Corgi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Medical categories.
Here is a chilling and unforgettable investigative journey into mind control as funded by the CIA, and other abuses right up to the kidnap, capture and killing of agent William Buckley. The Canadian doctor who created the program and created disciples to further the abuse and torture is brought into sharp focus by this international correspondent.
The Center Cannot Hold
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Author : Elyn R. Saks
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2007-08-14
The Center Cannot Hold written by Elyn R. Saks and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California Law School, yet she has suffered from schizophrenia for most of her life, and still has ongoing major episodes of the illness. The Center Cannot Hold is the eloquent, moving story of Elyn's life, from the first time that she heard voices speaking to her as a young teenager, to attempted suicides in college, through learning to live on her own as an adult in an often terrifying world. Saks discusses frankly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, the voices in her head telling her to kill herself (and to harm others), as well as the incredibly difficult obstacles she overcame to become a highly respected professional. This beautifully written memoir is destined to become a classic in its genre.
Madness And Modernity
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Author : Gemma Blackshaw
language : en
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Release Date : 2009
Madness And Modernity written by Gemma Blackshaw and has been published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
With its focus on a specific place and time (Vienna in 1900) and on a specific theme (madness), Madness and Modernity sets out to explore artistic, social and psychological themes which provide insights into the madness-modernity nexus that manifested itself in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century.
A Journey Into Madness
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Author : Alistair McIntyre
language : en
Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing ltd
Release Date : 2011-06-01
A Journey Into Madness written by Alistair McIntyre and has been published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
""I wrote this story of mine so people could have some insight into what thoughts, feelings and experiences a person has when they develop schizophrenia.""-Alistair McIntyreDescriptionAlistair McIntrye has written a beautifully simple and honest description of how he first experienced the symptoms of his schizophrenia, of how he felt about these experiences and of how he came into contact with mental health services. His story continues with stays in hospital and with his eventual recovery and marriage. Alistair's anecdotal account is extremely witty and his message one of hope.About the AuthorIn 1994 I started hearing voices, then seeing visions. Later that year I was hospitalised and diagnosed with schizophrenia, all of which was surprising to me. I tried to get out of hospital and found myself being sectioned. When I finally was discharged I thought that would be the end of my experience of mental health services. However, over the next few years I was admitted to hospital twice more. I then joined a group for mental health service users, regained my confidence and went on to join an organisation called CAPS as a member of its management committee. During all this I met Tracey and married her.
Hegel S Theory Of Madness
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Author : Daniel Berthold-Bond
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Hegel S Theory Of Madness written by Daniel Berthold-Bond and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
This book shows how an understanding of the nature and role of insanity in Hegel's writing provides intriguing new points of access to many of the central themes of his larger philosophic project. Berthold-Bond situates Hegel's theory of madness within the history of psychiatric practice during the great reform period at the turn of the eighteenth century, and shows how Hegel developed a middle path between the stridently opposed camps of "empirical" and "romantic" medicine, and of "somatic" and "psychical" practitioners. A key point of the book is to show that Hegel does not conceive of madness and health as strictly opposing states, but as kindred phenomena sharing many of the same underlying mental structures and strategies, so that the ontologies of insanity and rationality involve a mutually illuminating, mirroring relation. Hegel's theory is tested against the critiques of the institution of psychiatry and the very concept of madness by such influential twentieth-century authors as Michel Foucault and Thomas Szasz, and defended as offering a genuinely reconciling position in the contemporary debate between the "social labeling" and "medical" models of mental illness.
The Quiet Room
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Author : Lori Schiller
language : en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date : 2008-11-16
The Quiet Room written by Lori Schiller and has been published by Grand Central Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-16 with Psychology categories.
Moving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, Lori Schiller's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage. At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child-the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit family. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt, then wandered the streets of New York City dressed in ragged clothes, tormenting voices crying out in her mind. Lori Schiller had entered the horrifying world of full-blown schizophrenia. She began an ordeal of hospitalizations, halfway houses, relapses, more suicide attempts, and constant, withering despair. But against all odds, she survived. In this personal account, she tells how she did it, taking us not only into her own shattered world, but drawing on the words of the doctors who treated her and family members who suffered with her.
Everyone Loves You When You Re Dead
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Author : Neil Strauss
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2011-09-29
Everyone Loves You When You Re Dead written by Neil Strauss and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Music categories.
You can tell a lot about someone in a minute if you choose the right minute. Join Neil Strauss as he: • Makes Lady Gaga cry • • Tries to keep Mötley Cru?e out of jail • • Gets kidnapped by Courtney Love • • Goes to church with Tom Cruise (and his mother) • • Reads the mind of Britney Spears • • Hunts down Jackie Chan • • Gets picked on by Led Zeppelin • • Buys nappies with Snoop Dogg • • Goes drinking with Bruce Springsteen, dining with Gwen Stefaniand hot-tubbing with Marilyn Manson • • Talks glam with David Bowie, drugs with Madonna, death with Johny Cash and sex with Chuck Berry • • Gets molested by The Strokes, gets in trouble with Prince and gets Christina Aguilera into bed • Also features exclusive UK heavyweight champions Steve Coogan, Noel Fielding, Russell Brand and more . . .
Van Gogh S Women
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Author : Derek Fell
language : en
Publisher: Portico
Release Date : 2015-06-04
Van Gogh S Women written by Derek Fell and has been published by Portico this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Art categories.
"A revealing and moving life of Vincent van Gogh, his search for love and devastating romantic losses. Thwarted passion, romantic disappointment, madness, and the redemptive power of genius - a portrait of the artist that views Vincent van Gogh and his work boldly anew."
Another Kind Of Madness
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Author : Stephen Hinshaw
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2017-06-20
Another Kind Of Madness written by Stephen Hinshaw and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
WINNER: Best Autobiography/Memoir, 2018 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest Glenn Close says: "Another Kind of Madness is one of the best books I’ve read about the cost of stigma and silence in a family touched by mental illness. I was profoundly moved by Stephen Hinshaw’s story, written beautifully, from the inside-out. It’s a masterpiece." A deeply personal memoir calling for an end to the dark shaming of mental illness Families are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen Hinshaw never imagined that a profound secret was kept under lock and key for 18 years within his family—that his father’s mysterious absences, for months at a time, resulted from serious mental illness and involuntary hospitalizations. From the moment his father revealed the truth, during Hinshaw’s first spring break from college, he knew his life would change forever. Hinshaw calls this revelation his “psychological birth.” After years of experiencing the ups and downs of his father’s illness without knowing it existed, Hinshaw began to piece together the silent, often terrifying history of his father’s life—in great contrast to his father’s presence and love during periods of wellness. This exploration led to larger discoveries about the family saga, to Hinshaw’s correctly diagnosing his father with bipolar disorder, and to his full-fledged career as a clinical and developmental psychologist and professor. In Another Kind of Madness, Hinshaw explores the burden of living in a family “loaded” with mental illness and debunks the stigma behind it. He explains that in today’s society, mental health problems still receive utter castigation—too often resulting in the loss of fundamental rights, including the inability to vote or run for office or automatic relinquishment of child custody. Through a poignant and moving family narrative, interlaced with shocking facts about how America and the world still view mental health conditions well into in the 21st century, Another Kind of Madness is a passionate call to arms regarding the importance of destigmatizing mental illness.