To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World

The Life of Freida Fromm-Reichmann

von Gail A Hornstein

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A fascinating and dramatic account of a controversial figure in twentieth-century psychiatry.

In this "dazzling and provocative"* biography, Gail Hornstein brings back to life the maverick psychiatrist Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World tells the extraordinary life story of the German-Jewish refugee analyst who accomplished what Freud and almost everyone else thought impossible: she successfully treated schizophrenics and other seriously disturbed mental patients with intensive psychotherapy, rather than medication, lobotomy, or shock treatment. Written with unprecedented access to a rich archive of clinical materials and newly discovered records and documents from across Europe and the United States, Hornstein's meticulous and "delightfully lucid"** biography definitively reclaims the life of Fromm-Reichmann. The therapist at the core of Joanne Greenberg's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is also the analyst who had an affair with, and later married, her patient Erich Fromm. A pioneer in her field, she made history as the pivotal figure of the unique and legendary mental hospital, Chestnut Lodge.

"A lively, well-written account of a charismatic leader in an important period of psychiatry's history."--Psychology Today

"At a time when little pills are seen as a quick fix for almost everything, this book is well worth taking time to read and contemplate."--Philadelphia Inquirer> *Publishers Weekly **Kirkus Reviews

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Allgemein Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9781590511831
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2005
• Größe: 233 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Other Press (NY)