Scenes of Madness: A Psychiatrist at the Theatre

by Derek Russell Davis

Overview

Derek Russell Davis argues that mental health professionals working in a hospital or clinic setting can learn much from playwrights about the psychological processes in mental illness. Looking at such diverse characters as Orestes, Hamlet, Lear, Ophelia, Peer Gynt, Oswald Alving and Blanche Dubois, Dr Davis shows how madness in plays is put into the context of the crucial experiences in an individual's history and current relationships, and demonstrates that these stories can be a new and exciting source of insight into mental illness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415131735
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/1995
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1310L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

1: Introduction. 2: Lessons at the theatre. 3: Models of madness. 4: The stories plays tell. 5: Reality and illusion. 6: Family feuds. 7: Breaking free from the past. 8: Recoveries. 9: Conclusions. Notes and sources. Index.