1st Edition
Suffering Insanity Psychoanalytic Essays on Psychosis
By R. D. Hinshelwood
Copyright 2004
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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When madness is intolerable for sufferers, how do professional carers remain sane? Psychiatric institutions have always been places of fear and awe. Madness impacts on family, friends and relatives, but also those who provide a caring environment, whether in large institutions of the past, or community care in the present. This book explores the effects of the psychotic patient's suffering on... Read more
Martindale, Foreword. Introduction. Essay One: Helping to Help: Address to Practical Carers. Essay Two: How Can it be Thought: Psychoanalytic Theories of Schizophrenia. Essay Three: Suffering the Mad: Countertransference in the Institutional Culture. Epilogue: Being Psychotic, Being a Person. References.
Biography
R.D. Hinshelwood is currently Professor of Psychoanalysis at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. Previously he was Consultant Psychotherapist working in mental health services, including the role of Clinical Director of The Cassel Hospital. He is a Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
'This book raises very important issues for further reflection by all those working in the field of psychosis. Under supervision, the essays act as excellent, stimulating texts for use in teaching situations. The book is warmly recommended to the readership of this journal.' - Richard Lucas, British Journal of Psychotherapy
