Vulnerability to psychosis a psychoanalytic study of the nature and therapy of the psychotic state

"'Franco De Masi is well known for his psychoanalytic work with patients suffering psychotic illnesses. In this book, he addresses the human vulnerability to psychosis, but the modest title of his book belies the depth of its investigations and conclusions. De Masi invites the reader into...

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Autor principal: De Masi, Franco (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Karnac 2009.
Edición:First edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798153706719
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  • Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Some psychoanalytic models of psychosis; CHAPTER TWO: The primitive and the pathological in psychosis; CHAPTER THREE: An example of psychotic transformation; CHAPTER FOUR: The unconscious and psychosis; CHAPTER FIVE: The meaning of dreams in the psychotic state; CHAPTER SIX: Intimidation at the helm: superego and hallucinations in the analytic treatment of a psychosis; CHAPTER SEVEN: Difficulties in therapy: relapses into psychosis; CHAPTER EIGHT: Intuitive and delusional thought
  • CHAPTER NINE: Transference psychosisCHAPTER TEN: The fate of the transference in psychosis; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Psychotic withdrawal and jeopardization of the sense of reality; CHAPTER TWELVE: Disturbance of identity in the psychotic process; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Trauma and psychosis; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Some modes of entry into psychosis; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Concluding remarks; REFERENCES