Working with difficult patients : from neurosis to psychosis / Franco De Masi ; translated by Harriet Graham and others.

In this book the author examines the series of connections that give rise to the intimate relationship between environment and individual in the construction of emotional suffering, emphasising both the undisputed pathogenic action of environmental stimuli and the active participation of whoever is...

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Main Author: De Masi, Franco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: London : Karnac Books Ltd, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; PART I; CHAPTER ONE What do we mean by difficult patients?; CHAPTER TWO Trauma as a source of pathology; CHAPTER THREE Trauma in the primary relationship; CHAPTER FOUR Defences and psychopathological constructions; CHAPTER FIVE Psychic withdrawal; CHAPTER SIX The superego in difficult patients; CHAPTER SEVEN The unconscious in neurotic, borderline, and psychotic patients; PART II; CHAPTER EIGHT The pathology of sexuality; CHAPTER NINE The erotic transference: from dream to delusion; CHAPTER TEN Is it possible to cure paedophilia?
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN The enigma of transsexualismCHAPTER TWELVE Reflections on the origins of sexual perversions; CHAPTER THIRTEEN The perverse fascination of the destructive organisation; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Pathological dependences on the Internet; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Some problems in treating borderline patients; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Elements for the analytic therapy of psychotic patients; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The therapeutic approach to the delusional experience; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The problematic position of the transference in the psychotic state; CHAPTER NINETEEN Difficult patients: conclusions; NOTES.