Reviews for Schizophrenia: the first ten Dean award lectures

The average rating for Schizophrenia: the first ten Dean award lectures based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-30 00:00:00 Lucas Forastieri Given that psychology/psychiatry is constantly changing, and with the advent of the DSM-V and the notion that the manual is no longer the "bible" on diagnosis but more of a guidebook, this book will strike readers as antiquated to be frank. Of course it is a "review" so it is expected. I honestly picked it up as a bargain bin library book while in college. In short, only use it as a springboard for those interested in reading up on psychiatric diagnosis.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-17 00:00:00 Brian Grace 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.