The Far Side Of Madness

This pioneering work reframes acute psychotic episodes in the context of visionary experience and describes innovative methods of handling them. When this book was first published in 1974, Perry's view that acute schizophrenia was society's natural "renewal syndrome" was received as a nostalgic afterthought. A generation later, now that the aggressive aspect of this return to normalcy has become more evident, Perry's polemic may be better positioned in time to convince an American audience that psychotic intervals are necessary to generate the capacity to envision and care.