Mary Barnes: Two Accounts Of A Journey Through Madness
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback in good condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Mary Barnes: Two Accounts of a Journey Through Madness is a landmark work in the history of psychiatry and human experience, chronicling the harrowing and ultimately transformative journey of Mary Barnes through acute psychosis, as witnessed from two radically different perspectives. Mary Barnes herself recounts her descent into madness and her eventual emergence as an artist, while her psychiatrist Joseph Berke presents a clinical yet deeply humane account of her treatment at Kingsley Hall, the radical therapeutic community founded by R.D. Laing in 1960s London. Together, these two voices construct a searing portrait of mental illness that challenges the very foundations of conventional psychiatry. The book stands as a powerful testament to the anti-psychiatry movement, arguing that madness, rather than being suppressed, can be journeyed through and transcended. Barnes's story — and the remarkable community that held space for her — leaves the reader questioning everything they thought they understood about the boundaries between sanity and madness.
Author: Mary Barnes And Joseph Berke
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, Penguin Books
Genre: Biography
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback in good condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Mary Barnes: Two Accounts of a Journey Through Madness is a landmark work in the history of psychiatry and human experience, chronicling the harrowing and ultimately transformative journey of Mary Barnes through acute psychosis, as witnessed from two radically different perspectives. Mary Barnes herself recounts her descent into madness and her eventual emergence as an artist, while her psychiatrist Joseph Berke presents a clinical yet deeply humane account of her treatment at Kingsley Hall, the radical therapeutic community founded by R.D. Laing in 1960s London. Together, these two voices construct a searing portrait of mental illness that challenges the very foundations of conventional psychiatry. The book stands as a powerful testament to the anti-psychiatry movement, arguing that madness, rather than being suppressed, can be journeyed through and transcended. Barnes's story — and the remarkable community that held space for her — leaves the reader questioning everything they thought they understood about the boundaries between sanity and madness.