Title Positive illusions : creative self-deception and the healthy mind / Shelley E. Taylor

Published New York : Basic Books, [1989]

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	158.1 Tay/Pic		AVAILABLE

Description xv, 301 pages ; 25 cm Contents Escape from reality: illusions in everyday life -- Illusions and mental health -- A healthy body -- Creative self-deception -- Confrontation with tragedy -- Illusion, mania, and depression: a view from mental illness -- Illusions in perspective Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 265-291 Subject Medicine and psychology. Mental health. Self-deception -- Therapeutic use. Self-esteem. Adaptation, Psychological. Illusions -- psychology. Mental Health. LC no. 89042515 ISBN 0465028969 0465060528 0465060536 (paperback)

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