Sampling Inner Experience in Disturbed Affect (Emotions, Personality, and Psychotherapy)

Following up on his groundbreaking 1990 work Sampling Normal and Schizophrenic Inner Experience, Dr. Hurlburt delineates the development of his descriptive sampling method across numerous case studies of depressed, anxious, bulimic, and borderline personalities. Though controversial, the method effectively demonstrates that an `introspective' technique can provide compelling, vivid descriptions of patients, as well as make distinctions between diagnostic groups.

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A sequel to Sampling Normal and Schizophrenic Inner Experience (Plenum, 1990) that further describes the author's method of examining inner experience. In this volume, he turns attention to the thinking processes of individuals with affective disorders (depression, bulimia, anxiety, and borderline personality). He demonstrates that the inner experience of these individuals is similar, following patterns that are typical for each group. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)