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Laing's Models of Madness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Miriam Siegler ,
Humphry Osmond  and
Harriet Mann
Miriam Siegler
Affiliation:
Bureau of Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, Box 1000, Princeton, New Jersey
Humphry Osmond
Affiliation:
Bureau of Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, Box 1000, Princeton, New Jersey
Harriet Mann
Affiliation:
Bureau of Research in Neurology and Psychiatry, New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, Box 1000, Princeton, New Jersey
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Bright young schizophrenics, like bright young people generally, are interested in reading about their condition. From the vast and varied selection of literature available to them, they appear to show a marked preference for R. D. Laing's The Politics of Experience (1967). The present authors, like other members of the 'square’ older generation, are of the opinion that they know what is best, and that this book is not good for these patients. It is an appealing book, and emotionally there is not a false note in it. This alone makes it important. But it contains treacherous confusions, and while we do not presume to make choices for our young friends we do feel that it is our duty to clarify the alternatives as presented in this book.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 525 , August 1969 , pp. 947 - 958
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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