Two experts explore the human mind using psychoanalytic concepts brought to life through case examples. They establish core psychoanalytic ideas and show the many ways they are utilised. The easy-to-read prose makes this a book for students and clinicians of all therapeutic persuasions and for general readers interested in how the mind works.
Two leading experts, one with a broad range of experience of institutional settings and cultures using psychodynamic, behavioral, and psychopharmacological modalities, the other an experienced psychoanalyst, bring together the complex history, causes, and treatments of schizophrenia in an easy-to-read and academically rigorous text.
Although a number of scholars have looked at the phenomenon of compulsive drug use from a psychoanalytic perspective, an objects relations approach has not yet been defined. Nevertheless, it has become increasingly clear that compulsive drug use is related to early object relations pathology. This study outlines the major tenets of classical psychoanalytic and object relations theory and practice with regard to the compulsive drug user. These theories give a clear understanding of the role drugs play in compensating for the experience of the object. It is concluded that individuals with healthy early object relations are not likely to become pathologically compulsive drug users. On the other hand, those with poor early object relations are at risk for addiction.