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In 1972, Alphonse De Waelhens published in French his 'La Psychose'. It was translated and published in English as 'Schizophrenia' in 1978. Here, in the 2001 edition, Wilfried Ver Eecke presents the English translation together with an eleborate essay on the usefulness of De Waelhens theory as an effective approach to schizophrenia, after the decade of the brain. He draws several lessons from evaluating the literature on schizophrenia and also addresses an apparent inconsistency in De Waelhens' presentation of Lacan's theory of schizophrenia. Where De Waelhens seemed to argue at one time that the mother figure was the crucial figure to explain schizophrenia and at another time that it was the role of the father which was crucial, Ver Eecke argues that the defective function of each influences the function of the other. In his essay Ver Eecke also reports on successful methods and techniques used by both Lacanian and non-Lacanian therapists to treat persons afflicted with schizophrenia. It is gratifying to notice that even non-Lacanian techniques can be given a Lacanian explanation.

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Author:   Alphonse De Waelhens ,  Wilfried Ver Eecke
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9789058671608

ISBN 10:   9058671607
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   04 December 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword (De Waelhens) Preface (Ver Eecke) Introduction. Situating the Contribution by A. De Waelhens (Ver Eecke) Chapter One The usefulness of the theory of De Waelhens/Lacan for an effective approach to schizophrenia, after the decade of the brain (Ver Eecke) Chapter Two Some Classic Psychiatric Conceptions of Schizophrenia (De Waelhens) Chapter Three The Accession to Language and Primal Repression. Their Failure in Schizophrenia (De Waelhens) Chapter Four The Structural Role of the Oedipus Complex. Absence of the Oedipal Triangle in Psychosis (De Waelhens) Chapter Five Psychoanalytic interpretation of Psychosis. The Paternal Metaphor and Foreclosure (De Waelhens) Chapter Six Concluding Reflections on the Problem of Psychosis. Psychoanalytic and Existential Criteria of Psychosis (De Waelhens) Chapter Seven Existential Elucidation of the Unconscious and of Psychosis (De Waelhens) Conclusion (De Waelhens) Bibliography (Ver Eecke) Notes (Ver Eecke/De Waelhens) Index (Ver Eecke)

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