When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia

by Christopher Bollas

Book Overview

A leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as a treatment

Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one of radical incarceration, mind-altering medications, isolation, and dehumanization. At a time when the treatment of choice is anti-psychotic medication, world-renowned psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas asserts that schizophrenics can be helped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030022365X
• ISBN13: 9780300223651
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"