Research Catalog

Title

The abyss of madness / George E. Atwood.

Author

Atwood, George E.

Publication

New York : Routledge, c2012.

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Details

Description

xiv, 224 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

" Despite the many ways in which the so-called psychoses can become manifest, they are ultimately human events arising out of human contexts. As such, they can be understood in an intersubjective manner, removing the stigmatizing boundary between madness and sanity. Utilizing the post-Cartesian psychoanalytic approach of phenomenological contextualism, as well as almost 50 years of clinical experience, George Atwood presents detailed case studies depicting individuals in crisis and the successes and failures that occurred in their treatment. Topics range from depression to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder to dreams, dissociative states to suicidality. Throughout is an emphasis on the underlying essence of humanity demonstrated in even the most extreme cases of psychological and emotional disturbance, and both the surprising highs and tragic lows of the search for the inner truth of a life - that of the analyst as well as the patient." -- Publisher.

Series Statement

Psychoanalytic inquiry book series ; v. 37

Uniform Title

Psychoanalytic inquiry book series v. 37.

Subject

• Psychoanalytic Therapy
• Psychoanalytic Interpretation
• Psychotherapist and patient > Case studies
• Psychoanalysis > Case studies
• Mental illness
• PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis
• PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
• Mental Disorders

Genre/Form

• Case Reports
• Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Psychotherapy Is a Human Science -- ch. 2 Exploring the Abyss of Madness -- ch. 3 Philosophy and Psychotherapy -- ch. 4 Dreams and Delusions -- ch. 5 Unbearable and the Unsayable -- ch. 6 Tragedy of Self-Destruction -- ch. 7 Dark Sun of Melancholia -- ch. 8 What Is a Ghost? -- ch. 9 Madness and Genius of Post-Cartesian Philosophy: A Distant Mirror.

ISBN

• 9780415897099 (hardback)
• 0415897092 (hardback)
• 9780415897105 (paperback)
• 0415897106 (paperback)
• 9780203697832 (e-book)
• 0203697839 (e-book)

LCCN

^^2011017345

OCLC

• 707966563
• SCSB-11491871

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library