The Mark of Cain: Psychoanalytic Insight and the Psychopath

ISBN-13: 9780881633108 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 368 str.

J. Reid Meloy

Opis

This work covers topics such as the phallic-narcissistic character, treatment, risk management and psychodiagnosis, and the response aroused by the psychopath. Other issues include the antisocial tendency, psychopathy and sadism.

Spis treści

Part I: Development and Psychodynamics. Introduction. Ley, Primary Affect Hunger. Bowlby, Notes on the Psychopathology of the Affectionless Character. Greenacre, Conscience in the Psychopath. Bender, Psychopathic Behavior Disorders in Children. Friedlander, Latent Delinquency and Ego Development. Johnson, Sanctions for Superego Lacunae of Adolescents. Deutsch, The Imposter: Contribution to Ego Psychology of a Type of Psychopath. Winnicott, The Antisocial Tendency. Miller, Time and the Character Disorder. Halleck, Psychopathy, Freedom, and Criminal Behavior. Meloy, The Psychology of Wickedness: Psychopathy and Sadism. Part II: Treatment, Risk Management, and Psychodiagnosis. Introduction. Reich, The Phallic-Narcissistic Character. Aichhorn, The Narcissistic Transference of the "Juvenile Imposter." Joseph, Some Characteristics of the Psychopathic Personality. Bursten, Some Narcissistic Personality Types. Lion, Outpatient Treatment of Psychopaths. Symington, The Response Aroused by the Psychopath. Strasburger, The Treatment of Antisocial Syndromes: The Therapist's Feelings. Kernberg, The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the Differential Diagnosis of Antisocial Behavior.

O autorze

J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law. A past president of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, he is the author of numerous books and articles on psychopathy. He currently devotes his time to a private civil and criminal forensic practive and to research, writing, and teaching in this area.