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David Y. F. Ho has held professorial appointments in psychology and cultural studies in Asia and North America. He has authored numerous contributions in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and education; and was the first Asian to have served as President of the International Council of Psychologists.
"""David Ho shows that the over application of psychiatric diagnoses has the undesirable effect of viewing deviant experiences as dysfunctional and counterproductive. The account of his unusual mood elevations prompts us to realize that creativity and abnormality are rather mutually inclusive."" —Hubert Hermans, Emeritus Professor, Creator of Dialogical Self Theory ""This book is the author’s remarkable journey into the borderlands of madness and ordinary life. The reader is deeply enlightened by his power of integrating Oriental and Occidental perspectives within one inquisitive mind."" —Jaan Valsiner, Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University ""Ho is a relentless bridge-builder: His Chinese and Western selves are literal bridges between East and West, psychiatry and spirituality, poetry and prose, and internal struggle and cultural evolution."" —Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle, Unitarian Universalist Minister This extraordinary book, written by an extraordinary person, transforms the reader into a new and more dignified person. It shows how the forces of madness may be harnessed to serve creative purposes. Ho is a brilliant storyteller who entertains the reader with adventurous tales of his life as a spiritual journey. He is also a dialectical thinker who has succeeded in linking insights derived from his personal self-study with the science of mental illness versus health in diverse cultures. —Evelin G. Lindner, Founding President, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies"
