When The Far Side of Madness was first published in 1974, John Weir Perry's deep insight into the nature of so-called "schizophrenia" opened the way for a radically new, more compassionate approach to this condition. This pioneering work of Jungian psychiatry reframes acute psychotic episodes in the context of visionary experience of schizophrenic patients and describes innovative methods of handling them.

The far side of madness

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Perry, John Weir

Mental Health

PRENTICE/HALL

Roots of Renewal in Myth and Madness: The Meaning of Psychotic Episodes (Jossey-Bass Behavioral Science Series)

Psychology & Counseling

Proquest/Csa Journal Div

A comprehensive summary of the author's revolutionary approach to psychosis. Stress may cause highly activated mythic images to erupt from the psyche’s deepest levels in the form of turbulent visionary experience. Depending on whether the interactions between the individual and the immediate surroundings lean toward affirmation or invalidation, comprehension of these visions can turn the visionary experience into a step in growth or into a disorder, as an acute psychosis. Based on his clinical and scholarly investigations, John Weir Perry has found and formulated a mental syndrome which, though customarily regarded as acute psychosis, is in actuality a more natural effort of the psyche to mend its imbalances. If the upset is received in the spirit of empathy and understanding, and allowed to run its course, an acute episode can be found to reveal a self-organizing process that has self-healing potential. This book examines what the acute “psychotic” experience stirs up in the psyche and how to empathetically respond. Understanding the function of mythic themes is reached through the author’s investigation into myth and ritual of antiquity and also the visionary experience undergone by prophets and social reformers in various ages and parts of the world.

Trials of the Visionary Mind: Spiritual Emergency and the Renewal Process (S U N Y SERIES IN TRANSPERSONAL AND HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY)

State Univ of New York Pr

Lord of the Four Quarters, primarily an anthology of texts and reproduction of works of art and ritual objects, is an imaginative study of the myths of celestial and terrestrial kingship on the image of the Royal Father.

Lord of the Four Quarters: The Mythology of Kingship (Jung and Spirituality Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Paulist Pr

Roots of Renewal in Myth and Madness

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

John Weir Perry (1914–1998) first met C. G. Jung in Switzerland as a young medical student, where he was intrigued by Jung’s assertion that schizophrenia is a natural healing process. During the 1970s, he founded an experimental residential facility called Diabasis in Berkeley, California, designed as a supportive home for young adults who were experiencing the initial days of their first “acute schizophrenic break.” At Diabasis, these full-blown “schizophrenics” were able to emerge “on the far side of madness,” as Perry put it, “weller than well,” without any treatment by medication, electroshock, or locked doors. When “The Far Side of Madness” was first published in 1974, Perry’s deep insight into the nature of so-called “schizophrenia” opened the way for a radically new, more compassionate approach to this condition. This pioneering work of Jungian psychiatry reframes acute psychotic episodes in the context of visionary experience of schizophrenic patients and describes innovative methods of handling them.

The Far Side of Madness

Spring Publications

Soul and Money

Hillman, James

Lockhart, Russell A.

Vasavada, Arwind

UNKNO

Second Edition, with a new preface by John Beebe When The Far Side of Madness was first published in 1974, John Weir Perry's deep insight into the nature of so-called “schizophrenia” opened the way for a radically new, more compassionate approach to this condition. This pioneering work of Jungian psychiatry reframes acute psychotic episodes in the context of visionary experience of schizophrenic patients and describes innovative methods of handling them.

The Far Side of Madness (Jungian Classics Series)

When The Far Side of Madness was first published in 1974, John Weir Perry's deep insight into the nature of so-called "schizophrenia" opened the way for a radically new, more compassionate approach to this condition. This pioneering work of Jungian psychiatry reframes acute psychotic episodes in the context of visionary experience of schizophrenic patients and describes innovative methods of handling them.

The Far Side of Madness: 2nd Edition

Arts & Photography

Beebe, John

History & Criticism

The Heart of History: Individuality in Evolution (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology)

This book is about the psychology of acute culture change based on the historical antecedents of such events. It focuses on the spiritual process and the social circumstances of stressful turning points. In a broad perspective of psychological, historical, and evolutionary considerations, Perry investigates factors that enable cultures in crisis to reorganize. He pursues historical antecedents of cataclysmic times, focusing on man’s relation to his spiritual center and his societal setting. He shows clearly the parallelism of processes of transformation in psyche and society, citing historical examples in which the unbalanced assertion of individuality and dominance has been countered through the emergence of compassionate social concern.

Heart of History: Individuality in Evolution (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology)

History

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