The Politics of the Family, and Other Essays

133 pp. Essays by the renowned psychiatrist on that most central unit: the family. CONTENTS: Preface; PART I: The Family and the 'Family'; Intervention in Social Situations; The Study of Family and Social Contexts in Relation to 'Schizophrenia'; PART II: The Politics of the Family; Introduction; The Family and Invalidation; Family Scenarios; Operations; Rules and Metarules; Mapping; Bibliography; Index