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- catalog abstract ""In the golden age of "talk therapy," the 1950s and 1960s, psychotherapists saw no limit to what they could do. Believing they had already explained the origins of war, homosexuality, anti-Semitism, and a host of neurotic ailments, they set out to conquer one of mankind's oldest and fiercest foes, mental illness. In Madness on the Couch, veteran science writer Edward Dolnick tells the tragic story of that confrontation. ... Madness on the Couch uses the voices of therapists as well as those of patients and their loved ones to describe the controversial methods used to treat the mentally ill, and their heartbreaking consequences. We see the leading lights of psychotherapy at work, including tiny, grandmotherly Frieda Fromm-Reichmann; gawky Gregory Bateson, either a genius or a charlatan, depending on whom one asked; and birdlike R.D. Laing, a slender figure with dark, deep-set eyes and the charisma of a rock star. We meet, too, scientists and family members who fought the reigning dogma of the day. Bernard Rimland, for example, set out to refute the claim that autism was caused by "refrigerator" parents whose coldness had turned their children into zombies. Rimland's only "credential" in his battle with the experts was the fact that his son was autistic. A gripping tale of hubris, arrogant pride, and terrible heartbreak, Madness on the Couch ... shows us convincingly that in attempting to cure mental illness through talk therapy, psychoanalysis did infinitely more harm than good."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10833696.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""In the golden age of "talk therapy," the 1950s and 1960s, psychotherapists saw no limit to what they could do. Believing they had already explained the origins of war, homosexuality, anti-Semitism, and a host of neurotic ailments, they set out to conquer one of mankind's oldest and fiercest foes, mental illness. In Madness on the Couch, veteran science writer Edward Dolnick tells the tragic story of that confrontation. ... Madness on the Couch uses the voices of therapists as well as those of patients and their loved ones to describe the controversial methods used to treat the mentally ill, and their heartbreaking consequences. We see the leading lights of psychotherapy at work, including tiny, grandmotherly Frieda Fromm-Reichmann; gawky Gregory Bateson, either a genius or a charlatan, depending on whom one asked; and birdlike R.D. Laing, a slender figure with dark, deep-set eyes and the charisma of a rock star. We meet, too, scientists and family members who fought the reigning dogma of the day. Bernard Rimland, for example, set out to refute the claim that autism was caused by "refrigerator" parents whose coldness had turned their children into zombies. Rimland's only "credential" in his battle with the experts was the fact that his son was autistic. A gripping tale of hubris, arrogant pride, and terrible heartbreak, Madness on the Couch ... shows us convincingly that in attempting to cure mental illness through talk therapy, psychoanalysis did infinitely more harm than good."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-346) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue. In search of El Dorado -- pt. 1. Freud -- pt. 2. The heyday of psychoanalysis -- pt. 3. Schizophrenia -- pt. 4. Autism -- pt. 5. Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- pt. 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "368 p., [8] p. of plates ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Madness on the couch.".
- catalog identifier "0684824973".
- catalog isFormatOf "Madness on the couch.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
- catalog relation "Madness on the couch.".
- catalog subject "1999 A-246".
- catalog subject "616.89/17/09 21".
- catalog subject "Autism Treatment History.".
- catalog subject "Autistic Disorder therapy.".
- catalog subject "Mental Disorders etiology.".
- catalog subject "Mental illness Etiology.".
- catalog subject "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder therapy.".
- catalog subject "Obsessive-compulsive disorder Treatment History.".
- catalog subject "Psychiatric errors.".
- catalog subject "Psychoanalysis.".
- catalog subject "RC506 .D63 1998".
- catalog subject "Schizophrenia Treatment History.".
- catalog subject "Schizophrenia therapy.".
- catalog subject "WM 460 D665m 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue. In search of El Dorado -- pt. 1. Freud -- pt. 2. The heyday of psychoanalysis -- pt. 3. Schizophrenia -- pt. 4. Autism -- pt. 5. Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- pt. 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Madness on the couch : blaming the victim in the heyday of psychoanalysis / Edward Dolnick.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".