R.D. Laing and Psychodynamic Psychiatry in 1950s Glasgow: A Reappraisal

R.D. Laing and Psychodynamic Psychiatry in 1950s Glasgow: A Reappraisal Hunter-Brown Isobel Wydawca: Free Association Books Data wydania: 2008 ISBN: 9781853439742 Liczba stron: 243 Format: Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: R D Laing, from a contemporary perspective, is admired as a pioneer of ideas and a charismatic and prominent anti-psychiatrist. This book reveals, however, that Laing s view of sanity and insanity as a continuum and his opposition to high-dosage anti-psychotic medication already formed part of the Scottish psychiatric tradition.