The Myth of Neurosis

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The
Myth of
Neurosis
This book calls for new attitudes towards the solution of psychological problems and
maintains that talk therapy and tranquillisers damage self-respect and sustain the
illness excuse; guilt can be good for you; and a sound body is the royal road to a
sound mind. It propounds an entirely new philosophy and system for dealing with
psychological pain, arguing that for too long people have been led to believe that the
problems of life require expert' intervention, often to the ultimate detriment of
mental health. Instead Dr Wood, until recently a psychiatrist in aLondon teaching
hospital, advocates a positive and commonsense approach for the individual in
coping with unhappiness.
'Dr Wood writes in clear, forceful English, which anybody can
understand____In the course of the book he provides an excellent
Do-It-Yourself guide to psychiatric diagnosis, a brilliant summary of
Freud's teaching in plain English, an equally brilliant destruction of it,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The
Myth of
Neurosis
This book calls for new attitudes towards the solution of psychological problems and
maintains that talk therapy and tranquillisers damage self-respect and sustain the
illness excuse; guilt can be good for you; and a sound body is the royal road to a
sound mind. It propounds an entirely new philosophy and system for dealing with
psychological pain, arguing that for too long people have been led to believe that the
problems of life require expert' intervention, often to the ultimate detriment of
mental health. Instead Dr Wood, until recently a psychiatrist in aLondon teaching
hospital, advocates a positive and commonsense approach for the individual in
coping with unhappiness.
'Dr Wood writes in clear, forceful English, which anybody can
understand____In the course of the book he provides an excellent
Do-It-Yourself guide to psychiatric diagnosis, a brilliant summary of
Freud's teaching in plain English, an equally brilliant destruction of it,
also in plain English, and a passionate plea for a return to the common
sense which our society is in danger of losing.'
Auberon Waugh, Daily Mail
Myth of Neurosis promises to be the most unpopular bestseller
ever hurled against a wall____Moral Therapy will no doubt
raise the hackles of the psychiatric establishment by questioning its
raison d'etre.'
Cosmopolitan
'A marvellous, vigorous book - helpful to the lay person who
occasionally wonders if he or she is really going potty, and essential
for doctors and counsellors, agony aunts and therapists, even if some
of them will be most discomfited by it.'
Mary Kenny, Sunday Telegraph
'Dr Garth Wood has a theory which will appeal to some GPs and appal
most psychiatrists____He calls for a contraction of the whole field of
psychiatry, basing this on his oft-repeated maxim — "If we are not ill,
then we are well, although we may be unhappy".'
Medical News Vissza