On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders

ISBN-13: 9781032513720 / Twarda / 2024 / 352 str.

Viktor E. Frankl

Opis

This Classic Edition of On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders: An Introduction to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis sees Viktor E. Frankl, bestselling author and founder of logotherapy, introduce his key theories and apply them to work with patients exhibiting symptoms of neurosis.

Spis treści

Introduction: What Is Logotherapy?  Part I: The Theory of Neuroses and Psychotherapy  1. The Theory of Neuroses as a Problem: Toward a Definition and Classification of Neurotic Disorders  2. Endogenous Psychoses: On Psychoses Caused by Somatic Disorders  3. Psychosomatic Illnesses: Critical Remarks on Psychosomatic Medicine  4. Functional Illnesses or "Pseudo-Neuroses": On Mental Disorders Due to a Medical Condition  5. Reactive Neuroses: On Neuroses Arising from the Fight for or against Something  6. Iatrogenic Neuroses: On Neuroses Arising from a Medical Intervention  7. Psychogenic Neuroses: On Neuroses with Psychological Causes  8. Noogenic Neuroses: On Neuroses with Spiritual Causes  9. Collective Neuroses: On Societal Neuroses  Part II: Logotherapy and Existential Analysis  10. Logotherapy as a Specific Therapy of Noogenic Neuroses  11. Logotherapy as a Nonspecific Therapy  12. Paradoxical Intention and Dereflection  13. Medical Ministry  14. Existential Analysis as Psychotherapeutic Anthropology

O autorze

Viktor E. Frankl was professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. He was the founder of what has come to be called the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy (after Freud's psychoanalysis and Adler's individual psychology)—the school of logotherapy.