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Sanity, Madness, and the Family

book by Laing and Esterson

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  • In R.D. Laing

    …and published, with Aaron Esterson, Sanity, Madness, and the Family (1964), a group of studies of people whose mental illnesses he viewed as being induced by their relationships with other family members. Laing’s early approach to schizophrenia was quite controversial, and he modified some of his positions in later years.…

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