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Book SynopsisIn this important work, DaniÃle Brillaud provides an illuminating exploration of major concepts in Jacques Lacanâs notoriously difficult writings, the Ãcrits. To illustrate the theory, she discusses clinical cases and examples from the treatment of patients with a wide range of psychiatric disorders.
This book is intended as an introduction to Lacanian theory and practice. Concrete examples show the interdependence of clinical work and conceptual formalisation in Lacanâs reading of Freud. A spectrum of disorders and clinical issues is presented, including delusional misidentification syndromes, paranoid psychosis and schizophrenia, hypochondria, Cotard delusion, fetishism, the differential diagnosis of neurosis and psychosis, and more. Brillaud highlights the roots of Lacanâs thought in classical French psychiatry and brings out the clinical relevance of his references to linguistics, literature, and topology. Her approach to treating and understanding psychopathology provides invaluable insight into Lacanian theory and clinical practice.
This book will be of interest to students of psychoanalysis, clinical psychology, and psychiatry who would like to get a better understanding of Lacanâs work and its clinical application, as well as to more experienced clinicians who are interested in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Table of Contents01. Raphaëlle 02. Ahriman 03. Antoine 04. Nicole 05. The ‘Seminar on "The Purloined Letter"’ 06. Émilie 07. Kaci, Driss, and Jacky 08. Marine 09. From Marc to Léonora 10. Félicité 11. Sylvie and Marie-Alix 12. Natacha 13. Agnès 14. Justine, Angélique, and Maryline 15. Quentin Appendix I Appendix II
