The Vital Balance: The Life Process in Mental Health and Illness
por Menninger, Karl (with Martin Mayman and Paul Pruyser)
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Good
- Livreiro
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Chanute, Kansas, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. 531 pages. First author's inscription on blank front free end page reads in full: "for a wonder / teacher / artist, friend / ____ ____ / with love / from Jean & Karl Mg / Christmas / 1963. Volume shows slight use/wear, though remains tight and clean. Dust jacket shows a two inch, mostly closed, tear from upper edge over top cover. Jacket shows scattered light rubbing and light wear on edges. Dust jacket is otherwise bright and clean, with no loss of lettering, and is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve.. Inscribed and Signed By the Author. First Edition / First Printing. Cloth - Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.
Avaliações
Em Jun 4 2007, Learningaramaic disse:
This wise book-- by one of the greatest psychodynamicly-oriented psychiatrists of the 20th century-- explores human psychosocial function as a "total system" years before Bertalanffy and the General Systems people made its approach into a rigorous discipline in mental health.
Simply put, what Dr. Menninger calls the "vital balance" is equivalent to the human potential for homeostasis in the psychic and social areas. There is nothing mystical or superstitious about this notion, albeit is is holistic and not reductionist.
What is not well-appreciated is that-- given enough inputs/outputs-- the "steady state" of the vital balance Menninger discusses can be described mathematically. BUT FEAR NOT ON THIS NOTICE! NOT A SINGLE MATH FORMULA APPEARS IN MENNINGER'S BOOK HERE, DESPITE THIS COMPLETE COMPLEMENTARITY IN HARD-SYSTEMS TERMINOLOGY.
THE VITAL BALANCE was pressed in 1963; while it was reprinted several times, I understand it can be obtained only in used-bookstores. Pity! This work was well-ahead-of-its-time upon pressing, and I consider it to be CUTTING-EDGE PSYCHIATRY unto this day. This work was the most-consistent and most-rigorous contribution by "Dr. Karl," as he is known at the Menninger Clinic-- is well-crafted theory fit for the family-systems practitioners, the quantifiers, and all in mental health who seek a comprehensive framework within which one can cast the PROCESS OF GETTING WELL PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
--Vernon Lynn Stephens, M.S.S.W.
D.S.M. IV # 350
F31.2
10:49 p.m. -- Monday, June 4, 2007
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 031946
- Título
- The Vital Balance: The Life Process in Mental Health and Illness
- Autor
- Menninger, Karl (with Martin Mayman and Paul Pruyser)
- Formato/Encadernação
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Good
- Edição
- First Edition / First Printing
- Editorial
- The Viking Press
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1963
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Medical; Menninger;
Termos da venda
Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
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Sobre o Vendedor
Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
Chanute, Kansas
Sobre Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps
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