A basic theory of neuropsychoanalysis / W.M. Bernstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, W. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book introduces a theoretical framework for studying the mind. Specifically, an attempt is made to frame ideas from psychoanalysis and cognitive-social psychology so that they can be taken readily into a realm of neurobiology. Psychoanalytic Theory still represents a very comprehensive theory of the human mind. It includes cognitive, emotional and behavioral variables, plus the idea of unconscious mental operations. The 'pleasure principle and 'repetition compulsion' were Freud's most general concepts of mental functioning. These concepts are renovated to get them ""on the same page"" wit

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Historical foundations; CHAPTER TWO Cognitive and motivational theories; CHAPTER THREE Concepts, feelings, and expectations; CHAPTER FOUR Decisions and time; CHAPTER FIVE Approach-avoidance conflict; CHAPTER SIX Developmental sources of psychopathology; CHAPTER SEVEN Sex and aggression; CHAPTER EIGHT Guilt, dread, and heroism; CHAPTER NINE Eye movement therapy; CHAPTER TEN Memory processes and mind-brain change; CHAPTER ELEVEN Cognitive load and defence; CHAPTER TWELVE Diagnosing mental illness; EPILOGUE

APPENDIX I Initial diagnostic examAPPENDIX II Pharmacological treatments for six valid categories of functional psychopathology; APPENDIX III Four types of testable hypotheses from the theory; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-429-91019-3

0-429-47119-X

1-283-11860-2

9786613118608

1-84940-894-7

9780429471193

OCLC:

727649316