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The Cure of Folly

A Psychiatrist's Cautionary Tale

by (author) Gordon Warme

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
May 2003
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550225716
    Publish Date
    May 2003
    List Price
    $22.95

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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.

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