Drawing on the writings of poets, philosophers, songwriters, zoologists and scientists, Dr Frank Tallis shows how, throughout time, and particularly in the West, the metaphor of illness and specifically mental illness has been used to describe the state of being in love.
Dr. Frank Tallis is a consultant clinical psychologist at the Charter Nightingale Hospital in London. He has also written How to Stop Worrying (1990) and is a trustee of Obsessive Action, a charity which helps sufferers of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and their families.
