the positive perspective : explorations at the outer reaches of human experience /
First Statement of Responsibility
Peter K. Chadwick ; with contributions by Travis Parker and Terry Hammond
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 208 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-198) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction : in defence of spirituality, mysticism and madness -- Demystifying madness and mystifying sanity -- Cannabis and altered states : a positive view / Travis Parker -- Cannabis and altered states : the dark side / Terry Hammond -- Getting in to psychosis : the story from the inside -- Getting out of psychosis : hints and strategies -- Thinking at the borderline : the 'deep music' theory of reality -- Desmond : comedian mystic -- Ivo : fugitive from crassness -- Denys : adventures in meaning -- Reflections on the biographical sketches -- On the acceptance and emotional understanding of psychotic thought -- Issues in diagnosis, therapy and understanding