List Books » On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders: An Introduction to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
Authors: James M DuBois (Editor), James M. DuBois
ISBN-13: 9780415950299, ISBN-10: 0415950295
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Logotherapy and Existential Analysis has been internationally recognized for decades as an empirically supported humanistic school of psychotherapy. Evidence for the growing significance of logotherapy includes institutes, societies and professorships in many countries of the world, as well as conferences and publications. On the Theory and Therapy of Neuroses: An Introduction to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, the translation of Viktor Frankl's Theorie und Therapie der Neurosen by James M. DuBois, will allow for the first time English-only readers to experience this essential text on logotherapy.
Understanding Viktor Frankl's theory and therapy of mental disorders | ||
Viktor Frankl's prefaces | ||
Introduction : what is logotherapy? | 3 | |
Ch. 1 | The theory of neuroses as a problem : toward a definition and classification of neurotic disorders | 43 |
Ch. 2 | Endogenous psychoses : on psychoses caused by somatic disorders | 53 |
Ch. 3 | Psychosomatic illnesses : critical remarks on psychosomatic medicine | 79 |
Ch. 4 | Functional illnesses or "pseudo-neuroses" : on mental disorders due to a medical condition | 93 |
Ch. 5 | Reactive neuroses : on neuroses arising from the fight for or against something | 107 |
Ch. 6 | Iatrogenic neuroses : on neuroses arising from a medical intervention | 133 |
Ch. 7 | Psychogenic neuroses : on neuroses with psychological causes | 141 |
Ch. 8 | Noogenic neuroses : on neuroses with spiritual causes | 151 |
Ch. 9 | Collective neuroses : on societal neuroses | 157 |
Ch. 10 | Logotherapy as a specific therapy of noogenic neuroses | 171 |
Ch. 11 | Logotherapy as a nonspecific therapy | 185 |
Ch. 12 | Paradoxical intention and dereflection | 191 |
Ch. 13 | Medical ministry | 217 |
Ch. 14 | Existential analysis as psychotherapeutic anthropology | 227 |