Suffering insanity
Subtitle: psychoanalytic essays on psychosis
By: R. D. Hinshelwood.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge; Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hove [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Schizophrenia.; Countertransference (Psychology); Psychoses.; Caregivers.; Schizophrenia -- therapy.; Schizophrenic Psychology.; Caregivers -- psychology.; Countertransference (Psychology); Professional-Patient Relations.; Psychoanalytic Theory.
Description: "Suffering Insanity makes an argument for considering care in the psychiatric services as a whole system that includes staff as well as patients; all need attention and understanding in order to deliver care in as humane a way as possible. All those working in the psychiatric services, in both large and small agencies and institutions, will appreciate that closer examination of the actual psychology and interrelations of staff, as well as patients, is essential and urgent."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Helping to help: address to practical carers; title: How can it be thought: psychoanalytic theories of schizophrenia; title: Suffering the mad: countertransference in the institutional culture; title: Epilogue: being psychotic, being a person.