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A life well lived : Maxwell Jones--a memoir / Dennie Briggs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briggs, Dennie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clinical psychologists--Biography.
- Clinical psychologists.
- Jones, Maxwell.
- Physical Description:
- 201 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A Life Well Lived follows a friendship between two key figures in social psychiatry and the evolution of therapeutic communities. A close friend collaborator of Maxwell Jones, Dennie Briggs recounts the latter's revolutionary work in mental hospitals, prisons and schools, offering a rare insight into the mind of a pioneer in the therapeutic field.
- Contents:
- Intro
- A Life Well Lived: Maxwell Jones-A Memoir
- Contents
- Introduction: A Record of a Friendship
- 1. "Max and his Gangsters"
- 2. The 1960s
- 3. Painful Communication
- 4. Dreams Die Hard
- 5. Recycling the Psyche
- 6. The Illusion of Reality
- 7. After Thoughts: A Life Well Lived
- 8. Social Learning and the Future: A Conversation
- Notes and References.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201).
- ISBN:
- 9781283904155
- 1283904152
- 9781417501861
- 1417501863
- 9781846423765
- 1846423767
- OCLC:
- 614620870
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