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Sanity, Madness and the Family
Laing, R.D.; Esterson, A.
Publisher: PelicanYear First Published: {35726 Sanity, Madness and the Family SANITY MADNESS AND THE FAMILY Laing, R.D.; Esterson, A. Pelican Laing and Esterson throw doubt on the view that schizophrenia is an illness with specific symptoms and its own pathology; they suggest rather than madness may largely be a social creation and its symptoms no more than the tortured ruses of a person struggled to live in an unlivable situation. 1964 1970 282pp BC35726w-SanityMadness.jpg B Book - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br> <br>Preface to Second Edition <br> <br>Introduction <br> <br>FAMILIES <br>1. The Abbotts <br>2. The Blairs <br>3.The Churches <br>4. The Danzigs <br>5. The Edens <br>6. The Fields <br>7. The Golds <br>8. The Heads <br>9. The Irwins <br>10. The Kings <br>11. The Lawsons <br> <br>Appendix <br> <br>Index 1 false false true CA35726.htm [0xc00064fbf0 0xc0010150e0 0xc001015ce0] Ca} Year Published: 1970 Pages: 282pp Resource Type: Book Laing and Esterson throw doubt on the view that schizophrenia is an illness with specific symptoms and its own pathology; they suggest rather than madness may largely be a social creation and its symptoms no more than the tortured ruses of a person struggled to live in an unlivable situation. Abstract: - Table of Contents Preface Preface to Second Edition Introduction FAMILIES 1. The Abbotts 2. The Blairs 3.The Churches 4. The Danzigs 5. The Edens 6. The Fields 7. The Golds 8. The Heads 9. The Irwins 10. The Kings 11. The Lawsons Appendix Index Subject Headings |