Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl: The True Story of Renee - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marguerite Sechehaye, Frank Conroy (Foreword by)Publish date:1994-11-01Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Plume BooksISBN-13:9780452011335ISBN-10:452011337UPC:9780452011335Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Women, Psychopathology, Personal MemoirsBook Topic:SchizophreniaSize:6.90 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC8QHTRFX9
Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl: The True Story of Renee
This is the astonishing memoir of a young woman called only "Renee," whose descent into schizophrenia began at the age of five. Written with a diamond-sharp precision that lends it an eerie power, it tells the story of Renee's long sojourn in what she calls "The Land of Enlightenment" or "The Country of Tibet" and of her gradual and painstaking return to "wonderful reality." Renee moves in and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Plume BooksISBN-13:9780452011335ISBN-10:452011337UPC:9780452011335Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Women, Psychopathology, Personal MemoirsBook Topic:SchizophreniaSize:6.90 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC8QHTRFX9
Marguerite Sechehaye (1887-1964) was a Swiss psychotherapist and a pioneer in the psychoanalytic treatment of schizophrenics. She is the author of Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl: The True Story of "Renee," which chronicles one of her cases and introduced a new model in how mental illness is studied. Frank Conroy was born in 1936 and graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He was director...
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