Plea for a Measure of Abnormality

by Joyce McDougall

This is Joyce McDougall's most comprehensive clinical and theoretical book. Its title conveys her tolerant stance toward human differences and forms of deviance.

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis

Paperback

First published May 17, 1978

About the author

Joyce McDougall was a New Zealand-French psychoanalyst.

McDougall wrote four major books in the field of psychoanalysis: Plea for a Measure of Abnormality (1978), Theatre of the Mind: Illusion and Truth On the Psychoanalytical Stage (1982), Theatres of the Body: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Psychosomatic Illness (1989), and The Many Faces of Eros (1996).

Reviews

[Mohsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful adventure this book brought me through! The frankness of the author and her thoughtfulness made me adore her by each passing page. I really loved it

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

fascinating