Successful Drug-Free Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia

ISBN-13: 9780815376262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 260 str.

Revella Levin

Opis

This book offers a close examination of how to treat schizophrenic patients using psychotherapy rather than drugs, applying derivatives of psychodynamic principles in treating patients.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Awakening the Schizophrenic Dreamer 3. The Difference Between Infantile Omnipotence vs. Grandiosity 4. Bathsheba: A 19 Year Recalcitrant Case of Schizophrenic Requiring 20 Months to get to the Neurotic Level 5. "Black Hole" Phenomena: Deficit or Defense? A Case Report 6. Addendum to " Black Hole Phenomena: Deficit or Defense? 7. Faith, Paranoia, and Trust in the Psychoanalytic Relationship 8. John Rosen: Genius or Quack?: Historical Reflections of A Former Student 9. Five Errors in Freud's Structural Theory and Their Consequences 10. Communicating with the Schizophrenic Superego 11. Communicating with the Schizophrenic Superego Revisited: A New Technique 12. Identification with the Schizophrenic Superego 13. "Out, damned spot! Out, I say"; or, Karl Abraham Revisited 14. Opposing Opinions as to Treatment of Wishes and Hopes Pathology: A Response to Salman Akhtar 15. The Excuses For "Supportive" rather than "Active" Psychotherapy 16. Toward a More Optimistic View of What Analysts Can Achieve 17. The Burned-Out Therapist 18. How to Decrease Your Chances of Getting Hurt or Killed When Working with a Schizophrenic Patient 19. Technique: Do’s and Don’ts 20. Side-Effects of Anti-Psychotic Drugs 21. Epilogue