Addresses the problem of multiple theories of psychoanalysis, arguing for a return to Freud

Modern Psychoanalys is is a definitive exploration of the expanding horizons of this still controversial approach to and treatment of human behavior. In the first paperback release of a work sponsored by the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, thirty-five authorities explore new approaches to psychoanalytic theory and therapy, and examine the growing interaction between this field and the other social and behavioral sciences. Modern Psychoanalysis demonstrates how some of the leading figures are bringing their discipline into the mainstream of biological and social through! making use of systems theory, information processing, the constructs of adaptation and learning, and other new tools and findings. The book is unusually free of the jargon that has separated psychoanalysis in the past from the rest of behavioral and social science. Some of the authors and their subjects are: Roy Grinker, "Conceptual Progress in Analysis"; Jin-gen Ruesch, "Psychoanalysis between Two Cultures"; Edward Tauber, "Dreaming and Modern Dream Theory"; Jules Masserman, "The Biody-namic Roots of Psychoanalysis"; Lewis H. Wolberg, "Short-term Psychotherapy"; Stuart M. Finch and Albert Cain, "Psychoanalysis of Children"; Morris Parloff, "Analytic Group Psychotherapy"; Salvador Minuchin, "The Low Socioeconomic Population"; Leonard Duhl and Robert Leopold, "Psychoanalysis and Social Agencies"; Leo'n Edel, "Psychoanalysis and the Creative Arts"; Arnold A. Rogow, "Psychiatry, History and Political Science"; and John R. Seeley, "Psychiatry: Revolution, Reform and Reaction." The volume is prepared with the rigor and comprehensiveness that should make the book a standard handbook for psychiatrists, psychologists, and behavioral scientists. And it is written with a sense of curious readers who may simply be interested in the basic stances of this controversial field of theory and practice. It has earned sufficient plaudits to be called a classic in the field. Judd Manner's new introduction gives added weight to such claims.

This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Alenka Zupancic, American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Anna Freud, Clara Thompson, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Culturalist psychoanalysts, Daniel Kriegman, Donald Meltzer, Donald Winnicott, Erik Erikson, Felix Guattari, Franz Alexander, Gender narcissism, Harry Stack Sullivan, Heinz Hartmann, Heinz Kohut, Herbert Silberer, Horacio Etchegoyen, Ignacio Matte Blanco, Inner circle, Jacques Hassoun, Jacques Lacan, James Hillman, James Strachey, Jessica Benjamin, Jungian psychoanalysts, Marion Woodman, Melanie Klein, Orthodox psychoanalysts, Otto F. Kernberg, Otto Gross, Otto Rank, Peter Fonagy, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapeutic techniques, Robert Stoller, Robert Stolorow, Ronald Fairbairn, Rudolf Dreikurs, Rudolph Loewenstein, Rudolph Loewenstein, Sabina Spielrein, Sigmund Freud, Smith Ely Jelliffe, Takeo Doi, Therapeutic issues in clinical psychology, Translation project between models, Viktor Tausk, Walter C. Langer, Wilhelm Reich, William Alanson White. Excerpt: Alenka Zupancic is a Slovenian philosopher whose work focuses on psychoanalysis and continental theory. She is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Slovene Academy of Sciences, Ljubljana. Zupancic belongs to the Slovenian school of psychoanalysis along with Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Zizek. Zupancic has written on several topics including ethics, literature, comedy, love and other topics. Hegel, Bergson and Badiou are also referenced in her work. Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan, Verso, 2000 The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche's Philosophy of the Two The MIT Press, 2003 The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (AAPDP) is a forum for physician psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychiatrists to exchange ideas, find a voice within the American Psychoanalytic Association (APA) to advocate psychodynamic understanding in the evaluation and treatment of patients, and take a...

Covering the last four decades of the 20th century, this book explores the unwritten history of the struggles between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in postwar USA, inaugurated by the neosomatic revolution, which had profound consequences for the treatment of psychotic patients. Analyzing and synthesizing major developments in this critical and clinical field, Orna Ophir discusses how leading theories redefined what schizophrenia is and how to treat it, offering a fresh interpretation of the nature and challenges of the psychoanalytic profession. The book also considers the internal dynamics and conflicts within mental health organizations, their theoretical paradigms and therapeutic practices. Opening a timely debate, considering both the continuing relevance and the inherent limitations of the psychoanalytic approach, the book demonstrates how psychoanalysts reinterpreted their professional identity by formalizing and disseminating knowledge among their fellow practitioners, while negotiating with neighboring professions in the medical fields, such as psychiatry, pharmacology and the burgeoning neurosciences. Chapters explore the ways in which psychoanalysts constructed – and also transgressed upon – the boundaries of their professional identity and practice as they sought to understand schizophrenia and treat its patients. The book argues that among the many relationships psychoanalysis sustained with psychiatry, some weakened their own social role as service providers, while others made the theory and practice of psychoanalysis a viable contender in the jurisdictional struggles between professions. Psychosis, Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry in Postwar USA will appeal to researchers, academics, graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are interested in the history of psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the medical humanities and the history of science and ideas. It will also be of interest to clinicians, health care professionals and other practitioners.