Psychosis (madness) / edited by Paul Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Paul.

Series:

IDEAS.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoses.

Psychology, Pathological.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume a number of British psychoanalysts introduce us to psychoanlaytic definitions of intra-psychic and subjective meaning in patients suffering psychotic conditions. Irrespective of the particular type of psychotic illness under consideration of the context or treatment, each paper illustrates how the psychoanalytic clinician searches to establish meaning from events which are highly complex and often overwhelmingly confusing.Contributors: "Psychosis and violence" Leslie Sohn; "Sorrow, Vulnerability and Madness", Michael Conran; "How Can You Keep Your Hair On?", Michael Sinason; "The Delusions of the Non-Remitting Schizophrenias - Parallels with Childhood Phantasies", Thomas Freeman; "Managing Psychotic Patients in a Day Hospital Setting", Richard Lucas; "Desctructive Narcissism" and "The Singing Detective", David Bell.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; Acknowledgements; PauL Williams: Introduction; 1. Leslie Sohn: Psychosis and violence; 2. Michael Conran: Sorrow, vulnerability and madness; 3. Michael Sinason: How can you keep your hair on?; 4. Thomas Freeman: The delusions of the non-remitting schizophrenias: parallels with childhood phantasies; 5. Richard Lucas: Managing psychotic patients in a day hospital setting; 6. David Bell: Destructive narcissism and The Singing Detective; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91819-4

0-429-90396-0

0-429-47919-0

1-283-06852-4

9786613068521

1-84940-280-9

9780429479199

OCLC:

723945317