Psychosis: Phenomenological and Psychoanalytical Approaches (Figures of the Unconscious") <3>

Seeing their approaches as an alternative and even corrective to neurobiological or brain- based approaches to psychosis, the editors present eight papers that build on the phenomenological and psychoanalytic work of De Waelhens in the 1960s and 70s. Topics include psychosis as a protection from trauma, the role of negative experiences of the libidinous body in the pathogenesis of psychosis, and the contributions of Freud and Lacan to understanding psychosis. Distributed in the US by Coronet Books. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)