1. Introduction: The Focal Point -- 2. Forms of Introduction: The Chief Complaint -- 3. Psychotic Themes in the Precipitating Event -- 4. Affect and Primary Process in Psychosis -- 5. Countertransference: The Transmission of Affect -- 6. The Forms and Transformations of Affect -- 7. Shame, Pride, and Paranoid Psychoses -- 8. Emotion and Self-Esteem in Psychosis -- 9. Bearing Unbearable Affect -- 10. Putting Emotion in Perspective -- 11. Staying Out of Psychosis
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165) and indexes