RECOVERING SANITY: A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Psychosis

PODVOLL, Edwars M., M.D.

ISBN 10: 1590300009 / ISBN 13: 9781590300008

Published by Shambhala Publications Inc., Boston Massachusetts, 2003

About this Item

Yellow and white soft cover with orange, grey, green and black print on cover. Headedge and foredge are clean. Foot edge has red dot remainder mark. Some markings in pen and pencil but only up to preface pages. 396 pages including index. Sound and otherwise unmarked. Size: 6 X 9.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RECOVERING SANITY: A Compassionate Approach to Understanding and Treating Psychosis
• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc., Boston Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590300009
• ISBN 13: 9781590300008
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Reference
  • Sociology and Psychology
  • Psychiatry

About this title

Synopsis

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, healthcare professionals can use the tools of compassion and awareness to help patients recover their underlying sanity. Originally published as The Seduction of Madness, this reissue includes new introductory material and two new appendices.

About the Author

Edward Podvoll, M.D. (1936–2003), was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and founder of the Contemplative Psychotherapy Department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, which he directed for twelve years. He was also the founder and medical director of the Windhorse Project, an experimental and highly lauded psychiatric community whose focus is on compassionate treatment that emphasizes the patient's potential for sanity.