1st Edition

Psychosis (Madness)

By Paul Williams Copyright 1999
100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Introduction -- Psychosis and violence -- Sorrow, vulnerability and madness -- How can you keep your hair on? -- The delusions of the non-remitting schizophrenias: parallels with childhood phantasies -- Managing psychotic patients in a day hospital setting -- Destructive narcissism and The Singing Detective

Biography

Williams, Paul