@article{1464320,
      note = {"Written by a Professor of Clinical of Psychology, this  book is accessible to thoughtful readers who seek to be  better informed on how to harness the creative energy of  madness to enrich one's life. It comprises two main parts:  The first part tells the story of how a  psychologist-cum-patient performs a self-study of "madness"  in great detail. It belongs to the long tradition of  ideographic studies that attend to the uniqueness of each  individual. The author says: "During episodes, manic  symptoms are manifest. Yet, I become more colorful,  sensitive, generous, and loving. I see beauty everywhere  and delight in the simple things of life. I glimpse into  mystical magnanimity. My mind explodes: Creative thoughts  rain down fast. Now, I can bear testimony that on balance  the creative energy of madness may enrich rather than  damage one's life, and that it is possible to retain a  measure of madness in dignified living and of dignity even  in a state of madness." The second part gives extensive  coverage to various aspects of mental disorders from a  scientific perspective. Adhering to the nomothetic  tradition of knowledge generation, it provides the  psychiatric as well as ethical, political, and  sociocultural contexts for understanding mental disorders  in general and the author's own case in particular. The two  parts are linked together and integrated in a dialectical  fashion, with the interplay between nomothetic and  idiographic methods leading to a deeper understanding that  neither one may obtain alone"-- Provided by publisher.},
      author = {Ho, David Y. F.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1464320},
      title = {Fire burning in my head : a psychologist's self-study  reveals how madness may enrich your life in diverse  cultures /},
      recid = {1464320},
      pages = {1 online resource ( xxii, 421 pages) :},
}