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Schizophrenia: A Contemporary Introduction provides a vital overview of psychoanalytic work with patients dealing with schizophrenia, highlighting the many benefits of this approach and introducing key methods for mental health practitioners. This concise introductory volume starts by offering a brief historical introduction to how psychoanalysts, from Freud onwards, have approached schizophrenia and the methods they have used to alleviate the distress it causes its sufferers. Gillian Steggles illustrates how the developing relationship between patient and analyst can positively impact the patient’s mental functioning, leading to an improvement in their overall health and the ability to regain independence and self-reliance. She introduces theoretical psychoanalytic approaches, such as the Psychodynamic Pentapointed Cognitive Construct (PPCC) model, as a means of offering guidance to analysts dealing with schizophrenic analysands. This book will be of interest to practicing and trainee analysts, as well as those interested in the history of schizophrenia and its continued impact.
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A Brief Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Historical Review
Encountering Schizophrenia
Common Concepts and Impressions of Schizophrenia
Distant Encounters in the News
Close Encounters with Schizophrenic Strangers
Relating to Schizophrenic Friends and Family Members
The Psychoanalyst's Regard for his Patient
Schizophrenia in Families
Parents as Schizophrenic Patients
Schizophrenic Children
Financial Effects
Practical Aspects of Understanding Psychosis
The Observed and the Experiential Faces of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Observed
The Patient's Experience of Schizophrenia
Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenia
The Contribution of Psychoanalysis Towards Understanding Schizophrenia
The Application of Psychoanalysis to Schizophrenia
The Psychiatric Psychoanalyst's Perspective
Influential Psychoanalysts
Psychoanalytic and Non-Psychoanalytic Features of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia
Psychoanalytic Features
Non-Psychoanalytic Features
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenia
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Need-Adapted Treatment
Comparisons of the Psychotherapies for Schizophrenia
The Process and Results of Treating Schizophrenic and Schizoaffective Patients with Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Effective Hospital-Based Treatment of Schizophrenic Patients
Hospital Care
Patient Safety
Dr Robbins' Seven Therapeutic Stages Supported by the PPCC Model
Four Therapeutically Accessible Systems From Dr Robbins' Hierarchy of Eight Systems
Difficulties Encountered During Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Overcoming Them
Psychotic Defences
Mentalising, its Impedence, and Therapy
Overcoming Difficulties
Factors Helpful to the Patient
Maintaining Psychological Wellbeing During the Treatment Process
The Human Touch
Countering Unhappiness
Steady Continuity
Glossary
Index