| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 90 pages) |
| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Body image models and theories; CHAPTER TWO Pierre; CHAPTER THREE Philippe and countertransference; CHAPTER FOUR Katherine: body image transformations; CHAPTER FIVE The boy who said that bats were flying out of his cheeks; CHAPTER SIX Inés: bleeding lips and tongue when separation occurs; CHAPTER SEVEN Somatic delusion: Hugo and Pablo; CHAPTER EIGHT Luis: half of his body and brain are missing-in collaboration with Teresita Milán; REFERENCES; INDEX |
| Summary |
In this book David Rosenfeld explores the work of a psychoanalyst with severely disturbed patients. His intention is to show what it means to work and think as a psychoanalyst about transference and the internal world of a psychotic patient, with all the difficulties involved in continuing to treat and engage with even severely ill patients. As Rosenfeld suggests, to be a psychoanalyst is to think about transference, the patient''s internal world and projective identifications onto the therapist and onto persons in the external world. In particular, the author examines patients who express thei |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-88) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Body image disturbance.
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Illness anxiety disorder
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Body Dysmorphic Disorders
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Hypochondriasis
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Body image disturbance
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Illness anxiety disorder
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rogers, Susan, translator
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Campbell, Sylvine G., translator
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Rhode, Maria, foreword
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| ISBN |
9781782413257 |
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1782413251 |
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1322088551 |
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9781322088556 |
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