Psychopathology of Work
Clinical Observations
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2019
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-0-367-32475-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation (status asthmaticus); a delirious episode; a dementia-like confusional state; a sexuality disorder; two successive decompensations (one in a victim of wo
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
339 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-32475-9 (9780367324759)
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Person
Dejours, Christophe
Content
Series Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- Madness and work: from aetiological analysis to theoretical contradictions (a case of status asthmaticus) -- What the psychopathology of work can bring to the study of an acute delirious episode -- "Doctor, can you get Alzheimer's at my age?" A mysterious deterioration of the cognitive functions in a forty-year-old patient -- "Centrality of work" and sexuality theory -- Psychological harassment at work: the subjugation of the body -- New forms of servitude and suicide