Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0876304366 ISBN 13: 9780876304365

Publisher: Bruner/Maazel Publishers, 1987

Synopsis

From the imagination of psychologist Glenn C. Ellenbogen comes this hilarious anthology of satirical articles drawn from the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity. In Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality, readers--professionals and laypeople alike--will encounter tongue-in-cheek articles from the psychological community, including "Psychotherapy of the Dead" and "Etiology and the Treatment of Childhood." Written in the vernacular of the field, the articles may leave readers wondering if the writers are in earnest, but never doubting that psychologists do, in fact, possess a funny bone!

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From the Inside Flap:

Fact: One hundred percent of all dead patients showed a marked reluctance to pay their bills.
Fact: Well over half of all Americans alive today have experienced childhood directly, a syndrome marked by a) dwarfism b) knowledge deficits and c) legume anorexia.
Fact: When Ms. Cinderella left her glass slipper behind at the stroke of midnight, she was clearly acting in a state of rebellion against the dictatorial regimentation of the domineering fairy godmother.
It's true. Members of the psychiatric community are capable of laughter. The Journal of Polymorphous Perversity, the brainchild of psychologist Glenn C. Ellenbogen, has received confirmed reports of uncontrollable outbursts of laughter as the pages of the scholarly parody are sampled.
Now patients, professionals, and armchair travelers alike can enjoy the articles that have appeared in this hilarious journal in one hilarious anthology, including such profound and penetrating subjects as "New Improved Delusions," "The Scale of Mental Abilities Requiring Thinking Somewhat (SMARTS)," "Cancer and Tobacco: A Bum Rat," and more. Learn how psychoanalysts diagnose patients by the way they park their cars in the mental health clinic lot and how to apply the practical principles of Vigilante Effectiveness Training (VET) in daily life.
"For the Jung at heart!" --New York Daily News

About this edition

• Publisher: Bruner/Maazel Publishers
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0876304366
• ISBN 13: 9780876304365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 217
• Editor: Glen C. Ellenbogen