Psychosis (Madness)

Author: Paul Williams

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Price : $39.95 NZD
ISBN : 9780953710508
Publisher : karnac
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Publication date : 01 January 1999
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Paul Williams
Series : Psychoanalytic ideas
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Edition : Revised edition
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Dewey classification : 616.89
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Pages : 126
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This collection consists of six articles covering various mental disorders known collectively as psychoses. Topics addressed include: violence and madness; vulnerability, "humane care" and the management of psychotic patients in a hospital setting; rage and the "mad self"; and schizophrenia.

Psychosis and violence, Leslie Sohn; sorrow, vulnerability and madness, Michael Conran; how can you keep you hair on?, Michael Sinason; the delusions of the non-remitting schizophrenias - parallels with childhood phantasies, Thomas Freeman; managing psychotic patients in a day hospital setting, Richard Lucas; desctructive narcissism and "The Singing Detective", David Bell.

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