Psychosis and near psychosis : ego function, symbol structure, treatment / Eric R. Marcus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Eric R. (Eric Robert), 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoses.

Psychoses--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

<p>The goal of psychotherapy as formulated in this revision of a classic text is to improve ego function of severely disturbed patients who are often hospitalized. This book shows why and how. It describes the psychotherapeutic techniques that aid patients to understand the meaning of the psychotic symbols so that they can experience reality and their emotions as separate entities. Medication effects and the neurobiology of psychotic and near psychotic patients are explained and evaluated in terms of specific ego dysfunction so that psychopharmacology may be targeted. With the first edition originally a recipient of the prestigious Heinz Hartmann Award, this valuable resource is a go-to guide for clinicians who treat patients suffering from crippling mental disorders.</p>

Contents:

1. Ego functions

2. Psychotic structure

3. Near psychotic structure

4. Mental status examination

5. Psychiatric illnesses and mental structure

6. Medication and mental structure

7. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis of psychosis

8. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis of near psychosis

9. Hospital treatment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315675855

1315675854

9781317383413

1317383419

9781317383420

1317383427

OCLC:

988219624