Ordinary Psychosis and The Body

Current Lacanian ideas on psychosis have much to contribute to the complex and often surprising forms of psychotic symptomatology encountered in clinical practice. By focussing on the unique experience of individuals with psychosis, this book examines the centrality of body phenomena to both the onset and stabilisation of psychosis.

Autorentext
Jonathan D. Redmond (PhD) is a Lecturer at the Australian College of Applied Psychology. He holds degrees in Communication and Cultural Studies, Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalytic Studies. He is the author of numerous articles on psychoanalytic theory.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. Mild Psychosis, the Body and Ordinary Psychosis 2. Modern Psychiatry, Elementary Phenomena and the Lacanian Theory of Psychosis 3. Formations of the Unconscious, Actual Neurosis and Body Phenomena in Psychosis 4. Case Studies: the Onset of Psychosis, Body Phenomena and Stabilisation 5. The Onset of Psychosis, Body Phenomena and the Imaginary in Ordinary Psychosis 6. The Symptomatisation of the Body and Stabilisation in Ordinary Psychosis Conclusion