Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective : in Search of Dignity for Schizophrenic People

Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective : in Search of Dignity for Schizophrenic People
ISBN-10
0415142881
ISBN-13
9780415142885
Series
Schizophrenia
Category
Creative ability
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Psychology Press
Author
Peter Kenneth Chadwick

Description

Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspectivecounters a century-long tradition which has searched relentlessly for the critical deficits and dysfunctions in schizophrenic people. Peter Chadwick, who has himself suffered from the illness, shows that such people can demonstrate elevated creativity, empathy and social sensitivity and are by no means as irrational and misguided as is commonly thought. The author presents the fascinating case studies of some schizophrenics with whom he has worked. Using autobiography, biography, psychometric and experimental methods, he reveals areas of enhanced functioning in those vulnerable to the schizophrenia label, and argues for a much more positive picture of the schizophrenia-prone mind.

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