A Basic Theory of Neuropsychoanalysis

ISBN-13: 9781855758094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str.

W. M. Bernstein

Opis

This book introduces a theoretical framework for studying the mind. Specifically, an attempt is made to frame ideas from psychoanalysis and cognitive-social psychology so that they can be taken readily into a realm of neurobiology. Psychoanalytic Theory still represents a very comprehensive theory of the human mind. It includes cognitive, emotional and behavioral variables, plus the idea of unconscious mental operations. The pleasure principle and repetition compulsion were Freud's most general concepts of mental functioning; here, the author renovates these concepts to get them to work with ideas from social cognition and neurobiology.

Spis treści

Preface , About the Author , Introduction , Historical foundations , Cognitive and motivational theories , Concepts, feelings, and expectations , Decisions and time , Approach-avoidance conflict , Developmental sources of psychopathology , Sex and aggression , Guilt, dread, and heroism , Eye movement therapy , Memory processes and mind-brain change , Cognitive load and defence , Diagnosing mental illness , Epilogue , Initial diagnostic exam , Pharmacological treatments for six valid categories of functional psychopathology , Four types of testable hypotheses from the theory

O autorze

WM Bernstein