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Ivor Browne, Professor Emeritus at University College, Dublin, has been a central and controversial figure in Irish life up until his retirement as Chief Psychiatrist of the then Eastern Health Board in 1994. Inspired by his studies in Public and Community Mental Health at Harvard University, he took the care of mental patients away from large institutions and put them into the community. He helped create many organizations that have helped young Irish people see beyond the Troubles to build stronger, united communities. This book charts the growth of one man's journey in relation to psychiatry and human development."A look into the mind and life of a great intellectual."--The Midwest Book Review.
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Ivor Browne is Professor Emeritus, University College, Dublin, having retired in 1994. He was formerly Professor of Psychiatry at the University College, Dublin; Chief Psychiatrist of the Eastern Health Board. He is a preceptor of the Sarg Marg system of meditation which he has practiced since 1978. Browne has published many books and articles as An Experiment with a Psychiatric Night Hospital (1960); Psychiatry in Ireland (1963); The Dilemma of the Human Family: a cycle of growth and decline (1966); Thomas Murphy: The Madness of Genius(1987), How does Psychotherapy Work? (1989), Psychological Trauma, or Unexperienced Experience (1990).
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Music and Madness, by the eminent psychiatrist Ivor Browne, should hearten anyone who has ever felt gauche, inadequate, unwanted, a failure, a 'mistake', lonely; the honesty of this memoir is remarkable. It's an inspiring book. Tom Murphy, playwrightMusic and Madness is a brilliant book that needed to be written, and deserves to be read by as many people as possible. Important and crucial to our understanding of the 'human condition' as I believe Music and Madness to be, I am sure it will cause controversy, and in all probability will be received by the psychiatric community with some measure of outrage and even rebuke.Garrett O'Connor, M.D. Chief Executive Officer, The Betty Ford Institute for Addiction Research, Prevention and Education, California This is an open, honest and deeply personal account of Ivor Browne's personal and professional journey to discover the sense behind much of what we regard as madness. His central message is that healing and integration are possible, if we are willing to "unfreeze" our inner lives and experience genuine hurt and pain that we have disavowed. This book is written in a style that is accessible and compassionate; it leaves one with renewed hope and with a reverence for the mystery embodied in every human being.Dr Tony Bates, psychologist Music and Madness is the finest example of a certain type of radical Irish life since Noel Browne's Against the Tide. Vivid, strange, moving, brilliant.Sebastian Barry, writer
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- PublisherAttic Press Ltd.
- Publication date2009
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- ISBN 13 9780955226120
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This book charts the career of a man who has always been respected for his compassion, quirky way of thinking and fearless opposition to orthodox psychiatry. More importantly, he tells of how he came to each one of his conclusions. Ivor Browne has had a positive input into Irish life on both sides of the border. As a young man he was given a fellowship to Harvard University where he studied Public and Community Mental Health. He returned to Ireland determined to put what he had learned into practice and it was his initiative which took the care of mental patients away from large institutions into the community.He conceived and was director of the Irish Foundation for Human Development. This set up the first Community Association in Ireland in Ballyfermot one of the early large housing estates in Dublin. Ballyfermot was merely a housing estate without any facilities, he went in with a professional team and helped the residents to turn it into a thriving working class community.This project was so successful that an off shoot was establish in Derry, called the Inner City Trust which not only rebuilt, but transformed the city of Derry during the years it was being torn down by both sides in the conflict. The work of rebuilding was done by young people of Derry, who were trained by the Trust and inspired away from taking part in the destruction of their home town. Derry was made a model for The Prince of Whales' urban village development project and other urban renewal developments around the world. Ivor Browne was Professor of Psychiatry at the University College, Dublin and Chief Psychiatrist of the Eastern Health Board in Ireland. This book charts the growth of his journey in relation to psychiatry and human development. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780955226120
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