The Cure of Folly
A Psychiatrist's Cautionary Tale
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550225716
- Publish Date
- May 2003
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
Both witty and thought-provoking, this book offers a colorful history of one man's experience in the psychiatric profession. Observations and insights about particular cases, conditions, and aspects of the field abound in this highly enjoyable book.
About the author
Dr. Gordon Warme is a medical doctor specializing in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. He taught at the University of Toronto for thirty years and was director of the Psychotherapy Centre at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Born and educated in Toronto, he trained with Karl Menninger at the Menninger Clinic in the United States and at the Universtat Heidelberg in Germany. Dr. Warme has been the director of many other programs and is a past president of the Canadian Psychoanalysis Society. Dr. Warme has written three other books, Reluctant Treasures, The Psychotherapist, and The Cure of Folly.