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Sanity, Madness, and the Family: Families of Schizophrenics
Sanity Madness and the Family Families of Schizophrenics
Author: R. D. Laing, A. Esterson
In 1958, while working at the Tavistock, John Bowlby introduced Laing to Gregory Bateson's double bind theory of schizophrenia. Intrigued, Laing engaged another Glaswegian, Dr. Aaron Esterson, in an intensive phenomenological study of more than 100 families of diagnosed schizophrenics in the London area. In 1962, Laing travelled to meet Bate...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140134667
ISBN-10: 0140134662
Publication Date: 12/1/1990
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Viking Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Psychology text in grad school. A classic and good.


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