Vulnerability to psychosis a psychoanalytic study of the nature and therapy of the psychotic state - De Masi, Franco (Karnac, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index
Some psychoanalytic models of psychosis -- The primitive and the pathological in psychosis -- An example of psychotic transformation -- The unconscious and psychosis -- The meaning of dreams in the psychotic state -- Intimidation at the helm: superego and hallucinations in the analytic treatment of a psychosis -- Difficulties in therapy: relapses into psychosis -- Intuitive and delusional thought -- Transference psychosis -- The fate of the transference in psychosis -- Psychotic withdrawal and jeopardization of the sense of reality -- Disturbance of identity in the psychotic process -- Trauma and psychosis -- Some modes of entry into psychosis -- Concluding remarks
'Franco De Masi is well known for his psychoanalytic work with patients suffering psychotic illnesses. In this book, he addresses the human vulnerability to psychosis, but the modest title of his book belies the depth of its investigations and conclusions. De Masi invites the reader into a thoughtful, systematic exploration of many aspects of the complex problems associated with psychotic illnesses: its ontogenesis and the emotional crises that lead to the dominance of psychotic thinking, the function of psychosis with regard to reality, its eruption or progression (depending upon the type of
Keywords: Psychotic Disorders; Psychoanalytic Theory; Psychoanalytic Therapy / methods; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General; Psychoses; Psychoses / Treatment; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapie; Psychoses -- Treatment