Anatomy of a psychotic experience
Reichbart, Richard
Anatomy of a psychotic experience - New York International Psychoanalytic Books 2022 - xxii, 87p. pbk.
https://atlanticbooks.com/products/anatomy-of-a-psychotic-experience-9781956864373?srsltid=AfmBOopF4G-5QsIumqafEwrjQ9dyYVTo_pO-mO3JpLvsDBdxr-B9mJQn
In an age in which truthtelling has been under siege, Richard Reichbart-scholar, teacher, author, President of a major psychoanalytic institute-tells a truth many would choose to hide. This memoir offers us his own personal experience with psychosis over a three year period when he was in his twenties. He graphically portrays both the feel and the logic of a psychotic episode foreshadowed by his separation from college and from law school and ultimately precipitated by the loss of his beloved grandfather. His search for his identity led him to the Navajo reservation which was 'ideal for the nurturance of my psychosis.' He gives testimony to the help he received from two outstanding psychoanalysts who worked with him to unpack and weave together the effects of childhood events and fantasies on his adult personality. A book for those at all levels of psychoanalysis, one that demonstrates the possibility of psychoanalyzing psychosis.
9781956864373
Psychoses - Case Studies
Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry - Case Studies
616.8907 / REI
Anatomy of a psychotic experience - New York International Psychoanalytic Books 2022 - xxii, 87p. pbk.
https://atlanticbooks.com/products/anatomy-of-a-psychotic-experience-9781956864373?srsltid=AfmBOopF4G-5QsIumqafEwrjQ9dyYVTo_pO-mO3JpLvsDBdxr-B9mJQn
In an age in which truthtelling has been under siege, Richard Reichbart-scholar, teacher, author, President of a major psychoanalytic institute-tells a truth many would choose to hide. This memoir offers us his own personal experience with psychosis over a three year period when he was in his twenties. He graphically portrays both the feel and the logic of a psychotic episode foreshadowed by his separation from college and from law school and ultimately precipitated by the loss of his beloved grandfather. His search for his identity led him to the Navajo reservation which was 'ideal for the nurturance of my psychosis.' He gives testimony to the help he received from two outstanding psychoanalysts who worked with him to unpack and weave together the effects of childhood events and fantasies on his adult personality. A book for those at all levels of psychoanalysis, one that demonstrates the possibility of psychoanalyzing psychosis.
9781956864373
Psychoses - Case Studies
Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry - Case Studies
616.8907 / REI