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Description:"In the year 1830, I was unfortunately deprived of the use of reason...The Almighty allowed my mind to become a ruin under sickness-delusion of a religious nature, and treatment contrary to my nature. My soul survived that ruin."So begins the most remarkable pre-Freudian account of schizophrenia ever put to paper. John Perceval, son of a prime minister of England, was certifiably insane from the years 1830-1832, and after his recovery he wrote an autobiographical account of his three years of schizophrenic illness. Perceval speaks of his illness and recovery with vigor and insight, giving a surprisingly modern view of schizophrenia: he regards it not as an oddity of his individual psychology but as something which was determined by his relations with his family and with the staffs of the various institutions in which he was incarcerated.Gregory Bateson, famous ethnologist and anthropologist, has edited Perceval's account and written an illuminating introduction, and with both Bateson and Perceval as our guides into pre-Freudian psychology, this book becomes more important and startling than I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832. To get started finding Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "In the year 1830, I was unfortunately deprived of the use of reason...The Almighty allowed my mind to become a ruin under sickness-delusion of a religious nature, and treatment contrary to my nature. My soul survived that ruin."So begins the most remarkable pre-Freudian account of schizophrenia ever put to paper. John Perceval, son of a prime minister of England, was certifiably insane from the years 1830-1832, and after his recovery he wrote an autobiographical account of his three years of schizophrenic illness. Perceval speaks of his illness and recovery with vigor and insight, giving a surprisingly modern view of schizophrenia: he regards it not as an oddity of his individual psychology but as something which was determined by his relations with his family and with the staffs of the various institutions in which he was incarcerated.Gregory Bateson, famous ethnologist and anthropologist, has edited Perceval's account and written an illuminating introduction, and with both Bateson and Perceval as our guides into pre-Freudian psychology, this book becomes more important and startling than I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832. To get started finding Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of His Psychosis, 1830-1832, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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