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...Administration's apparent schizophrenia over Indochinese strategy followed a similar display over Middle East tactics. It was while Rogers' fresh call for a settlement was still being considered by Egypt's Nasser and his Soviet patrons that Kissinger made his reference to a possible need to "expel" Russian troops. And the President on TV deliberately brought up the Middle East to castigate "aggressive" Arab nations who "want to drive Israel into...
That inner reality is explored with remarkable perception and puissance in Diary of a Schiiophrenic Girl. The movie demonstrates that although no mental illness is less understood than schizophrenia, some schizophrenics can be cured. It also shows how hideously time-consuming the process can be, and what exorbitant demands it makes upon the therapist, which explains why such intensive treatment can be available for only the very few. A single patient may occupy almost all of an analyst's time, for months or years...
...literary legends of the century, recounted in several full-length biographies of Scott and mentioned in countless memoirs. Nancy Milford's book retraces all the familiar territory-the marathon drunks, the dips in public fountains-and adds poignant new testimony from diaries and letters concerning Zelda's schizophrenia. The book, though, is yet another proof that to know all is not to forgive...
According to Dr. David Smith, director and founder of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, Charles Manson, like many people who trip, was susceptible to prolonged periods of schizophrenia and feelings of omnipotence. But unlike middle-class college kids who trip towards "peace," Manson's background turned his trip into a journey towards "evil." Unlike students who are alienated from the Government and capitalism, Manson was alienated from everything. He had had a rough lower-middle-class upbringing (he was tossed from home to home), had spent many years in jail, had failed in an attempt to break into show business...
...Professor of Scientology, was L. Ron Hubbard.) Lastly, L. Ron's happy marriage is his third; the first two ended in divorce. His second wife charged that he subjected her to "beatings and torture" and she said that a psychiatrist had told her that Hubbard suffered from "paranoid schizophrenia." Hubbard countered, charging her with "gross neglect of duty" and he won a divorce from...