Psychic retreats : pathological organisations in psychotic, neurotic, and borderline patients / John Steiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steiner, John, 1934-

Series:

New library of psychoanalysis ; 19.

New library of psychoanalysis ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderline personality disorder.

Defense mechanisms (Psychology).

Neuroses.

Object relations (Psychoanalysis).

Psychoses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Steiner utilises Kleinian theory to analyse those patients who have organised object relationships and defences into complex, rigid internal struc- tures. Using clinical examples he examines these psychotic organisations and suggests a therapy.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by; Introduction; A theory of psychic retreats; Psychic retreats: a clinical illustration; The paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions; Review: narcissistic object relations and pathological organizations of the personality; The recovery of parts of the self lost through projective identification: the role of mourning; The retreat to a delusional world: psychotic organizations of the personality; Revenge, resentment, remorse and reparation; The relationship to reality in psychic retreats

Perverse relationships in pathological organizationsTwo types of pathological organization in Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus; Problems of psychoanalytic technique: patient-centred and analyst-centred interpretations; References; Name index; Subject index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-85802-7

1-280-03723-7

0-203-35983-6

9786610037230

0-415-09923-4

1-134-85803-5

9780203359839

OCLC:

475875576