COVER; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE: The Core of Psychosis; CHAPTER TWO: Hallucination; CHAPTER THREE: Mindlessness; CHAPTER FOUR: Boundaries; CHAPTER FIVE: Hate; CHAPTER SIX: Epistemology and Reversal; CHAPTER SEVEN: Schreber and Rena; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Psychotic Self; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary
Understanding the psychodynamics of madness is essential to the therapy of most patients, including those who are not diagnosed as mad in the literal sense. This volume draws on Freud, Jung, recent object relation and self psychologies, and, particularly, the work of Winnicott, Bion and Elkin. It describes and critiques the basic ideas on the dynamics of psychoses and provides a framework for interpretation
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-380) and index
