Psychoanalysis as Biological Science A Comprehensive Theory 1st Edition by John Gedo MD ISBN 0801880513 978-0801880513

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ISBN 10:  0801880513 

ISBN 13: 978-0801880513

Author: John E. Gedo MD

Psychoanalysis was once considered primarily a humanistic enterprise. The psychoanalyst was a philosopher and an artist, adept at deciphering the communications and intrapsychic behaviors of the unique individual. He or she could rely on intuition alone to obtain good results. In this provocative study, John E. Gedo asserts that biological information is essential to successful and comprehensive psychoanalysis.

Gedo presents his case in three sections. The first is devoted to the controversies surrounding psychoanalysis as a discipline. Beginning with an overview of Freud’s enduring contributions to the field, Gedo discusses the importance of both mental contents and reliable, measurable psychobiological data―suggesting that hermeneutics alone cannot yield valid hypotheses. Part 2 addresses each of the major topics of a comprehensive theory of mind, focusing on the accessibility of biological information. This information, he believes, makes an educated exploration of principal questions about behavioral regulation a viable enterprise. The final section integrates these theories into a comprehensive biological hypothesis about behavior and psychoanalytic treatment.

Providing psychoanalysis with a tenable scientific framework, Psychoanalysis as Biological Science should be read by all professionals and students in psychoanalysis, psychiatry, and psychology.

Table of contents: 

Part I: Psychoanalysis as Science and the Role of Hermeneutics
Chapter 1. The Enduring Scientific Contributions of Sigmund Freud
Chapter 2. Hermeneutics and Biology in the Psychoanalytic Situation
Chapter 3. Alternatives to Freud’s Biological Theory
Chapter 4. The Psychoanalytic Import of Mental Contents
Part II: The Biology of Mentation
Chapter 5. Personality Development and Psychopathology
Chapter 6. A Hierarchy of Motivations as Self-organization
Chapter 7. Trauma and Its Vicissitudes: Disruption of Self-organization
Chapter 8. Breakdowns in Information Processing
Chapter 9. Affectivity
Chapter 10. Dreams and Dreaming
Chapter 11. The Biopsychology of Early Experience
Chapter 12. Disorders of Thought
Chapter 13. Object Relations
Chapter 14. Permutations of Sexuality
Part III: Biological Hypotheses about Behavior and Psychoanalytic Treatment
Chapter 15. The Regulation of Behavior
Chapter 16. Learning and Adaptation
Chapter 17. The Psychoanalytic Process
Chapter 18. Unsolved Problems

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