Despite the important place it occupies in both Freudian and Lacanian nosology, obsessional neurosis has received far less attention than its erstwhile companion hysteria. This book aims to elaborate and deepen research into questions of obsession, going beyond the usual clichés…
Despite the important place it occupies in both Freudian and Lacanian nosology, obsessional neurosis has received far less attention than its erstwhile companion hysteria. This book aims to elaborate and deepen research into questions of obsession, going beyond the usual clichés…
Very insightful insightful account of the rigid obsessive-compulsive and dogmatic personality. Shapiro, author of several great books on human behavior from a psychiatric viewpoint, is a good writer. Great for professionals and laymen as well. Everyone in the writing craft who a…
In this book the author examines the series of connections that give rise to the intimate relationship between environment and individual in the construction of emotional suffering, emphasising both the undisputed pathogenic action of environmental stimuli and the active partici…
The new wounded: from neurosis to brain damage
by ebrary, Inc, Malabou, Catherine, Miller, Steven
fromForms of living
Anxiety may be debilitating or stimulating; it can result in neurotic symptoms or in improved, heightened performance in an actor or athlete. It is something every human being has experienced. As Professor G.M. Carstairs points out in his Foreword: 'During the course of the twen…