Saints and Madmen

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453265918

<DIV><b>Russell Shorto&rsquo;s engrossing look at the ever-changing border between psychiatric disorders and religious revelation</b></div><DIV><BR>In <i>Saints and Madmen</i>, bestselling author Russell Shorto explains how modern science is beginning to reconcile centuries of religious experiences with current psychiatric theories. Psychotic patients sometimes believe they&rsquo;re developing mystical powers, speaking to animals or conversing with God during their episodes. As one patient said, psychosis can be life&rsquo;s greatest joy, and also its worst hell. Traditional psychiatry has approached the existence of these occurrences as a treatable medical problem, a case of unbalanced chemicals in the brain. But could it be more? </div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>In <i>Saints and Madmen</i>, Shorto writes about the scientists who reject the Freudian view of religious experience as narrow-minded, and shows us how their findings could change how we understand our own minds and spirits.</div>