Creative Explorations

In Art, Literature, Science and the Everyday

Albert Rothenberg, M.D.

Madness and Glory (26): Breakdown

This is the story of Dr. Philippe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (25): Therapy

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel , who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (24): A Visit

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, psychotherapy.

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This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (23) : Inquest

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory, (22): Treatment

The story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness And Glory: (21) Revealing the Plot

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (20): Punishment

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and, before Freud, developed meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (19): Confrontation

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized mental patients and developed, before Freud, meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (18) In the Street

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and developed meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (15,16,17): Freedom

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and, long before Freud, developed meaningful psychotherapy.

Madness and Glory: (14) A Rocky Homecoming

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel who struck the chains and the shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and developed meaningful psychotherapy. Part 14.

Madness and Glory: (13) In Pursuit of the Truth

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and introduced meaningful treatment. Part 13.

Madness and Glory: (12): The Revelation of a Conspiracy

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and developed psychotherapy. Part 12.

Madness and Glory:(11): Making a Break for Freedom

This the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized patients and developed effective psychotherapy. Part 11.

Madness and Glory: (10):The Signs of Lunacy

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and developed psychotherapy. Part 10.

Madness and Glory: (9): The Trial

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel who struck the chains from hospitalized patients and was a model for other doctors, long before Freud developed psychotherapy. Part 9.

Madness and Glory: (8): A Dangerous Plot

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, father of modern psychiatry, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and developed psychotherapy. Part 8.

Madness and Glory: (7): The Annointed One

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized patients and, long before Freud, developed psychotherapy. Part 7.

Madness and Glory: (6): Back to the Asylum

The story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized patients and developed psychotherapy. Part 6.

Madness and Glory: (5): An Escapee Seeking Refuge

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized patients and developed psychotherapy as the father of modern psychiatry. Part 5.

Madness and Glory: (4): Words of Treason

This is the story of Dr. Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and was the father of modern psychiatry. Part 4.

Madness and Glory: (3): The Prisoner Escapes

Phillipe Pinel struck the chains and shackles from hospitalized psychiatric patients and developed psychotherapy long before Freud. Part 3.

Madness and Glory: (2): The World's First Psychiatrist

This is a continuing work of fiction. Both the main character/patient Lalladiere and the conspiracy of the two revolutionaries are imaginary but the complete story is real. Part 2.

Madness and Glory: (1): The Courtyard

A work of historical fiction about French psychiatrist Phillipe Pinel, who struck the chains from the hospitalized mentally ill and introduced psychotherapy. Part 1.

The Role of Error in Creativity

Errors constantly occur with the technical and demanding work of creation in art. Managing these impart individualistic aesthetic value.

Self-Creation and Self-Destruction: The Case of Sylvia Plath

Before Sylvia Plath's suicide, uncreative and self-destructive feelings dominated her final poems.

A Creative Process in the Art of Costume Design

The homospatial process, a type of cognition involving two or more images occupying the same mental space, is applied in slide images for a new clothing design.

Anorexia Nervosa Is a Modern Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Anorexia and bulimia appear to be new kinds of disorders, but it is important to recognize that both are modern manifestations of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.

Bipolar Disorder, Creativity, and Treatment

It has been romantically alleged that creative people suffer from bipolar disorder and mental illness. Such disorders interfere with creativity of all types and require treatment.