Schizotypy Implications for Illness and Health |
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| Editor:
| Claridge, Gordon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-852353-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $229.09AUD $289.00 |
Book Description:
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The central thesis of this book is both challenging and controversial: that the features of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia actually lie on a continuum with, and form part of, normal behaviour and experience. The dispositional or "schizotypal" traits associated with psychotic disorders certainly predispose an individual to mental illness, but they may also lead to positive outcomes such as enhanced creativity or spiritual experience.
The central thesis of this book is both challenging and controversial: that the features of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia actually lie on a continuum with, and form part of, normal behaviour and experience. The dispositional or "schizotypal" traits associated with psychotic disorders certainly predispose an individual to mental illness, but they may also lead to positive outcomes such as enhanced creativity or spiritual experience.