The Psychomatrix : A Deeper Understanding of Our Relationship with Pain / Doreen M. Francis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francis, Doreen M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pain--Psychological aspects.

Pain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"What is pain? What does it mean to have a relationship with it and how does this affect your identity and existence? Doreen Francis' definition of pain is derived from that proposed by scientists, such as Melzack, Wall and Freud. Pain is a dynamic, multi-layered, diverse collection of experiences, which impacts and influences us throughout life. Pain is a kind of conglomerate of past, traumatic, neurobiological, psychological and emotional imprints--pain as in suffering or being in pain. The author's aim here is to argue that it is not pain, as such, but our relationship with pain, which is most significant to the processes of our lives. In examining the combination of Freud's psychosexual theory of development and Melzack's theory of the neuromatrix, Francis endeavours to evidence her theory that there is the distinct possibility for the existence of what she has named a Psychomatrix--patterns of pain (loss, abandonment, grief, rejection, desire) imprinted from infancy, that are specifically translated by their own 'psychological and emotional neural loops' and therefore, congruent with the neuromatrix concept. She concludes that pain becomes an object that compels us to respond accordingly, thus defining our identity and existence."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter One Pain—a vital sign of life? / Doreen M. Francis

chapter Two From Freud’s project to Melzack’s neuromatrix / Doreen M. Francis

chapter Three The conceptualisation of the psychomatrix and the subject-pain relationship / Doreen M. Francis

chapter Four The phantom limb syndrome / Doreen M. Francis

chapter Five Chronic pain syndrome / Doreen M. Francis

chapter Six Addiction / Doreen M. Francis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2015).

ISBN:

9780429921957

0429921950

9780429907722

0429907729

9780429482953

0429482957

9781782414926

1782414924

OCLC:

926093288