Collected Papers on Schizophrenia and Related Subjects

This volume contains the partial yield of 14 years of labor : 24 papers published between 1951 and 1964, arranged in chronological order, and reinforces the author's primary thesis that patient and psychotherapist engage in a mutually creative process.

Abstract

Schizophrenia and Related Subjects. By Harold F. Searles, MD. Price, $12.50. Pp 797. International Universities Press, 227 W 13th St, New York 10011, 1965. Dr. Searles is a prospector in terrain others have not found particularly productive. valuable materials he seeks and finds are only discernible with difficulty in the hardened earth which conceals and disguises them. Like the modern miner, he does not discard the common ore but extracts from it precious metals. sensitive instrument he uses to locate potentially rich areas are his own feelings. refining method he employs is psychoanalytic technique\p=m-\apersistent reexamination and selfanalysis of his feelings which are generated in daily transactions with his chronic schizophrenic patients. This volume contains the partial yield of 14 years of labor : 24 papers published between 1951 and 1964, arranged in chronological order. Although reediting has been minimal (previously printed essays are referred to chapters rather than titles), there is a welcome internal consistency in the collection. Its coherence reflects the gradual evolution and development of Searles' ideas concerning the psychotherapeutic management of chronic schizophrenic disorders. For example, the first chapter describes the psychodynamic process, incorporation, as a mode of interpersonal relation¬ ship, while the final chapter, The Contribution of Family Treatment to the Psychotherapy of Schizo¬ phrenia, considers the importance of the varied introjects which influence the behaviors of each family member. author's primary thesis that patient and psychotherapist engage in a mutually creative process is reexpressed and reinforced in almost