When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia
Christopher Bollas • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300214734
When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia
Christopher Bollas • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300214731 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300214734 · 2015
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Christopher Bollas explores the internal landscape of schizophrenia, challenging conventional psychiatric perspectives by examining the condition through a psychoanalytic lens. The text investigates the patient's subjective experience, offering a nuanced interpretation of the breakdown of the self and the complex communication inherent in psychotic states.
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