Foreword vii
Preface to the New Edition xi
Introduction 1

Part One: Parables of Madness

Chapter 1: Perceval's Courage 11
Heresy
Breakout
Losing Mind
The Cyclic Journey of Losing Mind
Stages of Recovery
Reentry
Asylum Awareness

Chapter 2: Mania and the Risk of Power 69
Powers
The Mad Caper of John Custance
Surge of Power
Intensification of the Senses
Intensified Mental Activity: The Sixth Sense
Synchronicity and Union Manic Consciousness
The Aftermath Depression Risks of Recovery

Chapter 3: The Epic of Megalomania 98
The Aspirations of Madmen
"I Am Brave"
A Psychosis of Extreme Conditions
The Spiral of Transformation Countdown
The Urge to Transform
Recovery

Chapter 4: Major Ordeals of Psychotic Mind 128
Radical Exchange
Ancient Miseries
The Root Disturbance
The Micro-operations
Working Model
The Autistic Ordeal

Part Two: The Means for Recovery

Chapter 5: Discovering Islands of Clarity 207
Coming Out
The Wisdom of Healing Environments
Recovering in a Hospital
The Windhorse Project
Recovery from Medications
Shift of Allegiance

Chapter 6: Learning Basic Attendance 247
The Working Team
The Work Basic Attendance: The Clinical Skills
Creating a Team: An Exercise

Chapter 7: Creating a Therapeutic Home 285
On Your Doorstep
Households in Crisis
A Plan for a Hospital
Healing Community: The Binding Factors
The Brilliance of Recovery

Epilogue 317
Appendix 1: Psychotherapy 319
Appendix 2: The History Of Sanity 353
Notes 373
Select Bibliography 383
Index 387