Why Psychosis Is Not Insanity: Recommendations for Professionals, Patients, and Their Relatives
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Why Psychosis Is Not Insanity: Recommendations for Professionals, Patients, and Their Relatives
14.99 €
The famous psychoanalyst Stein Vanghele claims that approximately 15 percent of the world's population has had at least one psychotic experience, in which they lost contact with reality. And despite this, we are often afraid to talk about psychosis and avoid communicating with people experiencing psychosis. How can we help such people?
The author examines scientific theories from Sigmund Freud to Jacques Lacan, examples from the lives of his own patients and outstanding personalities, such as the American director David Lynch, the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the founders of modern psychology Carl Gustav Jung.
The author comes to the conclusion that interaction between people is built on the stories they tell each other - stories about the past, about understanding themselves and their place in the world. In a state of psychosis, a person can no longer rely on these stories - their reality falls apart. Stein Vanghele offers ways to restore health to such people through humanistic dialogue and a joint search for meaning.
The author examines scientific theories from Sigmund Freud to Jacques Lacan, examples from the lives of his own patients and outstanding personalities, such as the American director David Lynch, the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the founders of modern psychology Carl Gustav Jung.
The author comes to the conclusion that interaction between people is built on the stories they tell each other - stories about the past, about understanding themselves and their place in the world. In a state of psychosis, a person can no longer rely on these stories - their reality falls apart. Stein Vanghele offers ways to restore health to such people through humanistic dialogue and a joint search for meaning.
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