Books Related to Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory

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Schizophenia

Books in this section are related to Book III, Chapter 5, "Schizophrenia" in The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. See also, "Consciousness, Hallucinations, and the Bicameral Mind: Three Decades of New Research" by Marcel Kuijsten in Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness.

Featured Book:

The Madness of Adam and Eve: How Schizophrenia Shaped Humanity Horrobin, David. Bantam Press, 2002.

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Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia Chadwick, P., Birchwood, M., and Trower, P. 1996. John Wiley and Sons.

In Search of Madness: Schizophrenia and Neuroscience Heinrichs, R. Walter. Oxford University Press, 2001. An in-depth, well written review of the research into possible causes of schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia: Comprehensive Treatment and Management Herz, Marvin I. and Stephen R. Marder. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

Mania Jayson, L.N. New York: Funk and Wagnall, 1937. Cited by Jaynes on p. 96.

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness Lori Schiller & Amanda Bennett, 1996.

Mind, Brain, and Schizophrenia Williamson, Peter. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Historical Perspectives:

Dementia Praecox or The Group of Schizophrenias Bleuler, Eugen. 1950. New York: International Universities Press. Cited by Jaynes on pgs. 88, 414, 419, 423, 424.

Memoirs of My Nervous Illness Schreber, D.P. London: Dawson, 1955. Cited by Jaynes on pgs. 414-416.