Del i serien International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series

Psychopathology of Work

Clinical Observations

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvChristophe Dejours,Christophe Dejours

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This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation (status asthmaticus); a delirious episode; a dementia-like confusional state; a sexuality disorder; two successive decompensations (one in a victim of workplace harassment and one in her aggressor); and a suicide.Each is explored in detail, from aetiology to treatment, bringing into sharp relief the differences between conventional analysis and the interpretation of material in light of the reference to work. These studies have been written by psychoanalysts and may be used as a training resource for practitioners and students alike. For any professional or researcher involved in the world of work, these observations will offer a deeper understanding of this particular work-related mental pathology which characterises the development of our contemporary society.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-06-09
Mått147 x 230 x 12 mm
Vikt218 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieInternational Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series
Antal sidor128
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781782201809

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Series Editor’s Foreword -- Introduction -- Madness and work: from aetiological analysis to theoretical contradictions (a case of status asthmaticus) -- What the psychopathology of work can bring to the study of an acute delirious episode -- “Doctor, can you get Alzheimer’s at my age?” A mysterious deterioration of the cognitive functions in a forty-year-old patient -- “Centrality of work” and sexuality theory -- Psychological harassment at work: the subjugation of the body -- New forms of servitude and suicide

'Sensitively focusing on clinical issues, this book offers a remarkable introduction to Dejours' essential contributions to the diagnostics and treatment of work-related pathologies and to the understanding of psychosomatics. Challenging the conventional division between mental illness and normality, it underlines the role of work in the psychodynamics of health as well as in the genesis of illnesses. Dejours' theory on the centrality of work has become a crucial reference on the necessity to develop clinical skills in listening to the subjective dimension of work in order to avoid mistakes in aetiological diagnosis and treatment approaches.'- Helene Tessier, Full professor, Faculty of Human Sciences and Philosophy, Saint Paul University, Ottawa'Available in English at last, this collection is an excellent contribution to a field of increasing relevance, the relation of work to mental illness. While the chapters are focused on issues that arise in actual clinical practice, especially including the interrelation of work to gender and sexual identity, Dejours provides a strong theoretical argument for the crucial importance of the relation to work in mental health and its pivotal role in both the productive and the private spheres. A must-read book.'- Teresa de Lauretis, Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz