Madness Explained :

Psychosis and Human

Nature
 By
Richard P Bentall
Penguin Books Ltd
THIS BOOK WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MADNESS IS, TO SHOW
THAT IT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IN PSYCHOLOGICAL
TERMS, AND THAT BY STUDYING IT WE CAN LEARN
IMPORTANT INSIGHTS ABOUT THE NORMAL MIND. THE
BOOK WILL ARGUE THAT TRADITIONAL APPROACHES
TO MADNESS MUST BE ABANDONED IN FAVOUR OF A
NEW APPROACH WHICH IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH
THAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE HUMAN MIND. OVER
THE LAST CENTURY OR SO IT HAS BECOME SO
COMMONPLACE TO REGARD MADNESS SIMPLY AS A
MEDICAL CONDITION THAT IT HAS BECOME DIFFICULT
TO THINK OF IT IN ANY OTHER WAY. BENTALL ARGUES
INSTEAD THAT DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS AND
OTHER UNUSUAL BEHAVIOURS ARE BEST UNDERSTOOD
PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND THAT SUCH EXPERIENCES FOR
THE MOST PART REPRESENT EXAGGERATIONS OF
MENTAL FOIBLES TO WHICH WE ARE ALL PRONE.

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