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The abyss of madness
- Title
- The abyss of madness / George E. Atwood.
- Author
- Atwood, George E.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RC480.8 .A887 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 224 pages; 24 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
- Psychotherapist and patient > Case studies
- Psychoanalysis > Case studies
- Mental illness
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Psychoanalytic Interpretation
- Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Mental Disorders
- mental disorders
- PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Psychoanalysis
- PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Mental illness
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychotherapist and patient
- Genre/Form
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index.
- Contents
- Psychotherapy is a human science -- Exploring the abyss of madness -- Philosophy and psychotherapy -- Dreams and delusions -- The unbearable and the unsayable -- The tragedy of self-destruction -- The dark sun of melancholia -- What is a ghost? -- The madness and genius of post-Cartesian philosophy : a distant mirror.
- ISBN
- 9780415897099
- 0415897092
- 9780415897105
- 0415897106
- 9780203697832
- 0203697839
- LCCN
- 2011017345
- OCLC
- ocn707966563
- 707966563
- SCSB-9781304
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library