Breakdown : a personal crisis and a medical dilemma / Stuart Sutherland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutherland, N. S. (Norman Stuart)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sutherland, N. S. (Norman Stuart).

Sutherland, N. S.

Psychotherapists--Great Britain--Biography.

Psychotherapists.

Great Britain.

Mentally ill--Great Britain--Biography.

Mentally ill.

Psychotherapy.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

This a book unlike any other I have read. It combines a searingly honest and terrifyingly detailed account of a mental breakdown with a professional's description of the reality of mental illness as is treated in our society. It is unforgettable. This is what a breakdown is realty like." -- Kingsley Amis, on the first edition. Here is a riveting first-person account of manic depresive illness, told by a trained psychologist with remarkable and insight. The newly revised edition includes new chapters on the latest therapies, including drugs such as Prozac, which are being deployed to battle this prevalent mental disorder. A best-selter in its first edition, Breakdown remains a dramatic autobiographical drama, laced with tension and chilling impact, and including a critical appraisal of various therapeutic approaches. It makes absorbing reading for anyone who has suffered from depression or knows someone who has, including psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, students and general readers interested in mental illness, its causes, effects, and treatments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0198523807

OCLC:

38908663