Authors: Salomon Resnik, Dana Birksted-Breen (Editor), David Alcorn
ISBN-13: 9781583917169, ISBN-10: 1583917160
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Salomon Resnik is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist and author of The Theatre of Dream.
In Glacial Times, Salomon Resnik brings together various facets of his work as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, working in both the private sector and in institutional settings and in a wide range of cultural contexts, to provide a careful summary of a lifetime of clinical work.
Drawing on a wide range of psychoanalytic, philosophical and literary sources, and vignettes from the author's extensive clinical experience, this book brings the subject of psychosis to life and demonstrates how the study of psychoanalysis and psychosis forces us to confront fundamental ontological questions. Subjects covered include:
This synthesis of over fifty years of experience as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist treating psychotic patients will fascinate anyone working in these fields.
Preface | ix | |
Acknowledgements ... with some historical connections | xv | |
1 | Transmission and learning | 1 |
2 | Bodily identification in psychosis | 20 |
3 | The role of the body in psychosis: a group experience | 40 |
4 | The universe of madness: frozen thoughts and words | 52 |
5 | Glacial times | 70 |
6 | Conclusion | 97 |
Notes | 101 | |
Bibliography | 103 | |
Name index | 109 | |
Subject index | 111 |