Psychosis, Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry in Postwar USA: On the Borderland of Madness

ISBN-13: 9780815356967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 224 str.

USA) Orna (Licensed psychoanalyst Ophir

Opis

Covering the last four decades of the 20^th century, this book explores the unwritten history of the struggles between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in post war USA, inaugurated by the neo-somatic revolution which had profound consequences for the treatment of psychotic patients. Analysing and synthesising major developments in this critical and clinical field, Orna Ophir discusses how leading theories redefined what schizophrenia is, and how to treat it, offering a fresh interpretation of the nature and challenges of the psychoanalytic profession. The book also considers the internal dynamics and conflicts within mental health organizations, their theoretical paradigms and therapeutic practices.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Freud’s Dual View of Schizophrenia (1894–1940)  2. Ravens in White Coats: The medicalization of American psychoanalysis (1909–1954)  3. Psychoanalysis, Psychopharmacology, and Community Psychiatry (1954–1970)  4. The "Dopamine Hypothesis" and Evidence of Genetic Factors in Schizophrenia (1971–1980)  5. The Emperor’s New Clothes: DSM-III and the abandonment of psychodynamics in favor of the biomedical model (1980–1990)  6. The Last Battle of Psychoanalysis? The Decade of the Brain  (1990–2000)  7. The Many Faces of Schreber as the Face of American Psychoanalysis (1954-2000)  8. Epilogue

O autorze

Orna Ophir is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Humanities at the School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Doctoral Studies Program in Clinical Psychology at Long Island University, New York, USA. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in Tel Aviv, Israel, and a licensed psychoanalyst in New York, USA.