Schizophrenia and primitive mental states
Subtitle: structural collapse and creativity
By: Peter L. Giovacchini ; with a chapter by Philip Giovacchini.
Contributors: Giovacchini, Philip.
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Northvale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Schizophrenia.; Regression (Psychology); Schizophrenia -- therapy.; Creativeness.; Psychoanalytic Therapy -- methods.
Description: "Teaches us how the therapists can combine his theoretical knowledge, interpersonal skills, and creative inspiration to engage the patient and eventually help him emerge into a psychic world more like our own. This book is a compelling challenge to the conventional wisdom that schizophrenia is nothing more than an organically determined, incomprehensible madness."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.