Recovering Sanity A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Psychosis

Name: Recovering Sanity A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Psychosis
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ISBN: 9781590300008

ISBN-10: 1590300009

ISBN-13: 9781590300008

Edition: 2003

Authors: Edward M. Povdoll

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Recovering Sanity is a compassionately written examination of the experience of psychosis and related mental illnesses. By presenting four in-depth profiles of illness and recovery, Dr. Edward Podvoll reveals the brilliance and chaos of the psychotic mind and demonstrates its potential for recovery outside of traditional institutional settings. Dr. Podvoll counters the conventional thinking that the millions of Americans suffering from psychosis can never fully recover. He offers a bold new approach to treatment that involves home care with a specially trained team of practitioners. Using “basic attendance,” a treatment technique inspired by the author’s study of Buddhist psychology,…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Foreword


Preface to the New Edition


Introduction



Parables of Madness



Perceval's Courage


Heresy


Breakout


Losing Mind


The Cyclic Journey of Losing Mind


Stages of Recovery


Reentry


Asylum Awareness



Mania and the Risk of Power


Power


The Mad Caper of John Custance


Surge of Power


Intensification of the Senses


Intensified Mental Activity: The Sixth Sense


Synchronicity and Union


Manic Consciousness


The Aftermath


Depression


Risks of Recovery



The Epic of Megalomania


The Aspirations of Madmen


"I Am Brave"


A Psychosis of Extreme Conditions


The Spiral of Transformation


Countdown


The Urge to Transform


Recovery



Major Ordeals of Psychotic Mind


Radical Exchange


Ancient Miseries


The Root Disturbance


The Micro-operations


Working Model


The Autistic Ordeal



The Means for Recovery



Discovering Islands of Clarity


Coming Out


The Wisdom of Healing Environments


Recovering in a Hospital


The Windhorse Project


Recovery from Medications


Shift of Allegiance



Learning Basic Attendance


The Working Team


The Work


Basic Attendance: The Clinical Skills


Creating a Team: An Exercise



Creating a Therapeutic Home


On Your Doorstep


Households in Crisis


A Plan for a Hospital


Healing Community: The Binding Factors


The Brilliance of Recovery


Epilogue



Psychotherapy



The History of Sanity


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index