Bion, Rickman, Foulkes, And The Northfield Experiments: Advancing On A Different Front; Author: Harrison, Tom; Paperback

Author: Harrison, Tom
Series#:5; Therapeutic Communities; Paperback; Index
320 pages
Published: November 1999
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1853028371

Harrison, a psychiatrist who works with people who have experienced severe and enduring mental illness, offers the first detailed record of a set of experiments conducted during World War II with soldiers suffering from neurosis. He explains that from them emerged two new forms of group psychotherapy that challenged the traditional view of psychiatric patients as passive recipients of treatment. He draws on interviews and letters as well as published accounts.A study of the Northfield Experiments, which were conducted during World War II, marking an important moment in the development of psychiatry and in the therapeutic community movement. The book demonstrates the importance of these experiments for psychiatrists working today.