Ordinary Psychosis and The Body
A Contemporary Lacanian Approach
Published on 23. July 2014
Book
Hardback
VII, 166 pages
978-1-137-34530-1 (ISBN)
Description
Current Lacanian ideas on psychosis have much to contribute to the complex and often surprising forms of psychotic symptomatology encountered in clinical practice. By focussing on the unique experience of individuals with psychosis, this book examines the centrality of body phenomena to both the onset and stabilisation of psychosis.
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Edition
2014 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VII, 166 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-34530-1 (9781137345301)
DOI
10.1057/9781137345318
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Person
Jonathan D. Redmond (PhD) is a Lecturer at the Australian College of Applied Psychology. He holds degrees in Communication and Cultural Studies, Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalytic Studies. He is the author of numerous articles on psychoanalytic theory.
Content
Introduction 1. Mild Psychosis, the Body and Ordinary Psychosis 2. Modern Psychiatry, Elementary Phenomena and the Lacanian Theory of Psychosis 3. Formations of the Unconscious, Actual Neurosis and Body Phenomena in Psychosis 4. Case Studies: the Onset of Psychosis, Body Phenomena and Stabilisation 5. The Onset of Psychosis, Body Phenomena and the Imaginary in Ordinary Psychosis 6. The Symptomatisation of the Body and Stabilisation in Ordinary Psychosis Conclusion