List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- The schizophrenic credit so far: empirical findings and conceptual issues -- A journey beyond the Self -- Hospital life while psychotic -- Hospital life when sane -- Appendix: Some hints and advice for recovering patients who would like to research their own condition -- Desmond: comedian mystic -- Ivo: a butterfly among bulls -- Deanna: thunder from 'Elsewhere' -- Reflections on the Borderliners' biographies -- Experimental studies: the rationale -- Experimental studies: results and analyses -- Implications for therapy I: learning from patients and the public -- Implications for therapy II: some specific problems -- Conclusions -- Half man, half boat, the mind of the Borderline Normal -- 3-4 test of associative thinking and hypothesis testing, with answers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index.
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