Harry Stack Sullivan

This book covers the works and life of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), who has been described as 'the most original figure in American psychiatry'.

Autorentext

is a retired clinical and forensic psychologist and former Professor of Psychiatry at East Tennessee State University and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University. He is Life Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Personality Assessment.

Inhalt

SECTION I Historical perspectives 1. Introduction 2. Harry Stack Sullivan, the Man SECTION II The interpersonal theory of psychiatry 3. Basic Concepts 4. Infancy: The Beginning of Interpersonal Living 5. Developmental Epochs of Childhood and the Juvenile Era: The Expansion of the Interpersonal World 6. Developmental Epochs of Adolescence: The Long Transition to Adulthood SECTION III Applications 7. The Interpersonal Theory of Mental Disorder 8. The Psychiatric Interview and Modern Interpersonal Personality Assessment 9. Interpersonal Psychotherapy 10. Social Psychiatry and the Problems of Society