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OverviewIn this volume contemporary staff describe their thinking and clinical work. Theoretical underpinnings for the understanding of perversion and violence, questions of risk and ethics and the institutional difficulties which emerge in the care of these patients are presented alongside chapters on clinical work, with adults and adolescents, including chapters on paedophilia, the compulsive use of internet pornography and transsexuality. This volume is of relevance to all those working with people with a range of personality disorders and those working with individuals who present with these types of problems in the mental health services and in private practice.The Portman Clinic has been applying a psychoanalytic framework to the understanding and treatment of violent, perverse, criminal and delinquent patients since its foundations in the early 1930's. All Portman Clinic patients have crossed the boundary from fantasy and impulse to action - action which defies legal and moral boundaries but which also breaches the body boundary of the victims. Ultimately, the violence underlying most of such violent, perverse and delinquent action, also attacks and disturbs the mind of both the victim, be that an individual or society, and that of the perpetrator. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Morgan , Stanley RuszczynskiPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Karnac Books Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.385kg ISBN: 9781855754959ISBN 10: 1855754959 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 31 December 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction -- The Portman Clinic -- The problem of certain psychic realities -- The internal couple and the Oedipus complex in cases of perversion -- Psychoanalytic contributions to risk assessment and management -- Psychoanalytical aspects to the risk of containment of dangerous patients treated in high security -- Perverse females -- From biting teeth to biting wit -- Brief communications from the edge -- Compulsive use of virtual sex and internet pornography -- Trans-sexuality -- Perverse patients' use of the body—their own and that of others -- Ethical problems treating paedophile patients -- The forensic network and the internal world of the offender 1ReviewsThis collection of psychoanalytic papers offers an important contribution to the clinical, managerial and political debate on the management of risk, treatment models and our understanding of the potential for and process of recovery in health and criminal justice settings. Future policy in these fields will require a deeper understanding of the dynamics and complexity involved for professionals, patients and offenders in working to create the conditions that will facilitate change. Publication of these papers brings the experience and thinking of practitioners in such work to a wider audience. Author InformationDavid Morgan is a Psychoanalyst with the British Psychoanalytical Society and Consultant Psychotherapist at the Portman Clinic in London. Stanley Ruszczynski is a senior Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with the British Association of Psychotherapists and a Direct Member of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is the Clinical Director of the Portman Clinic and a Consultant Adult Psychotherapist. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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