{"product_id":"the-psychotic-wavelength-9780415484695","title":"The Psychotic Wavelength","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Psychotic Wavelength\u003c\/em\u003e provides a psychoanalytical framework for clinicians to use in everyday general psychiatric practice and discusses how psychoanalytic ideas can be of great value when used in the treatment of seriously disturbed and disturbing psychiatric patients with psychoses, including both schizophrenia and the affective disorders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book Richard Lucas suggests that when clinicians are faced with psychotic patients, the primary concern should be to make sense of what is happening during their breakdown. He refers to this as tuning into the psychotic wavelength, a process that allows clinicians to distinguish between, and appropriately address, the psychotic and non-psychotic parts of the personality. He argues that if clinicians can find and identify the psychotic wavelength, they can more effectively help the patient to come to terms with the realities of living with a psychotic disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into five parts and illust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMinne\u003c\/em\u003e, Preface. \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Making the Case for a Psychoanalytic Perspective on Psychosis.\u003c\/strong\u003e Introduction. The Medical Model. Controversial Issues in Psychosis. \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Psychoanalytic Theories about Psychosis: A Selective Review.\u003c\/strong\u003e Freud's Contributions to Psychosis. The Kleinian Contribution to Psychosis. Bion and Psychosis. A Contemporary Freudian Perspective on Psychosis. The Psychoanalytic Treatment of Schizophrenia: Lessons from Chestnut Lodge. The Divided Self: Evaluating R. D. Laing's Contribution to Thinking about Psychosis. \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Tuning into The Psychotic Wavelength.\u003c\/strong\u003e Differentiating Psychotic Processes from Psychotic Disorders. The Psychotic Wavelength. Dreams and Delusions. Utilising the Countertransference in Psychosis. \u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: The Psychotic Wavelength in Affective Disorders.\u003c\/strong\u003e Why the Cycle in a Clinical Psychosis? Puerperal Psychosis: Vulnerability and Aftermath. Managing Depression – Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Antidepressants or Both? \u003cstrong\u003ePart V: Implications for Management and Education.\u003c\/strong\u003e Developing an Exoskeleton. Destructive Attacks on Reality and the Self. The Role of Psychotherapy in Reducing the Risk of Suicide in Affective Disorders: A Case Study. Education in Psychosis. Psychoanalytic Attitudes to General Psychiatry and Psychosis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018155065687,"sku":"9780415484695","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415484695.jpg?v=1750775821","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-psychotic-wavelength-9780415484695","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}