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Breakdown: A Personal Crisis and a Medical Dilemma (Paperback)

by Stuart Sutherland (Author)

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Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; New ed of 2 Revised ed edition (Jul 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0198523718
ISBN-13: 978-0198523710

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,076,880 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Fifteen years ago, Stuart Sutherland, himself a psychologist, suffered a severe mental breakdown. In the first edition of this work, he recounted his experiences of this agonizing event with remarkable candour and perception. His illness lasted, with intermissions, for 10 years. In this updated edition, he describes its consequences, which were often bizarre. As a psychologist, the author was prompted by his illness to rethink the problems of the care and treatment of the mentally ill, and in the book he examines the benefits and pitfalls of the many methods of treatment. His controversial review will cause concern among many psychiatrists and psychotherapists, but he has undoubtedly succeeded in penetrating the ignorance and prejudice surrounding mental illness.

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Stuart Sutherland is Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A brave and important book, 6 Mar 2008

By	Andrew Matus "dicty" (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Breakdown: A Personal Crisis and a Medical Dilemma (Hardcover)

While I can understand the opinion of the previous reviewer, this is not a difficult book for anyone who has done a little background reading. And it has a lot going for it. First, Sutherland was an original and insightful thinker who wrote very clearly and was a first class psychologist. Second, he wrote completely openly about his illness in a way that few people would be brave enough to do. The source of his depression, which was bought on by sexual jealousy, is confronted unflinchingly and the details of his symptoms are described without reserve.

The most valuable part of the book is his description of the often counterproductive treatment he received, especially under psychoanalysis. This is followed by an extremely valuable discussion of the abuses that were, and perhaps still are, practiced under the guise of what today would be called cognitive behavioral therapy. This is essential reading for students of clinical psychology from one of the field's foremost past practitioners. A classic of its type.

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I have to admit that I read an earlier version of this book. I found it to be very out-of-date. Up-to-date treatment consists of drug treatment. If hospitalised, patients receive drug treatment and have the choice of watching television or not watching television; there is nothing else to do. Psychologists do not appear to work in hospitals.
Drug treatment can cause permanent physical damage and render a person incapable of leading a normal life. However, the refusal of drug treatment means that a person is regarded as having disengaged themselves from medical services and hence ALL support (including financial support). Even if a person accepts drug treatment, it is very unlikely that he will ever see a psychologist or even a support worker. Unfortunately, people who are too ill to work are not usually able to afford any kind of private treatment.

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