Reviews for Relational mental health

The average rating for Relational mental health based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-01-22 00:00:00 Kolanadae Koyuuiopm i stole this from someone who didn't understand what kind of goldmine this beautiful little volume was. they are never getting it back. they 'liked the pretty cover' pff i love all things laing and anything about revolutions in psychology and psychiatry, esp these little 80-120 pg penguin editions??? they're super collectible~ they are like the goosebumps or choose your own adventure of modern psychology

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-15 00:00:00 Amy Pyle Ronnie, Ronald, Laing, RD and R.D.Laing. His son, Adrian, one of Laing's ten children, here presents an account of the man's turbulent life. The Divided Self was almost compulsory reading for my generation and it is a metonym for all the other stuff that was going on in the 60s heads of the privileged western children. Laing comes across here as a sad character, violent, egotistical, highly charismatic and selfish. Gifted certainly, an accomplished musician by the childhood training his parents ensured he received, and very well read in the classics and theology. Much of his own thinking about psychiatry etc. was not original but synthesising currents around, although he had the gift of expressing ideas well. He was a guru to many for a short spell, a reputation he enjoyed living up to, did some good things like anyone else, did a lot of bad, and hit the bottle with a vengeance. Of course, this is a deeply personal account by Adrian, but well researched using some 200 sources, but it throws light on the theories and practices of a man unable to heal himself of what is roughly called lifelong depression nor the many divisions within: as such a case study of a mind not at peace. Of course, Laing's ideas are separate from all this.