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The divided self : an existential study in sanity and madness / R. D. Laing ; introduction by Anthony David

First published in 1960, this study uses case studies to examine psychosis as a consequence of the divided self. It explores the tension between an individual's authentic inner identity and the false persona presented to the world.

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