Formal languages and their relation to automata / John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009132010403321
• Autore: Hopcroft, John E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reading (Mass.) [etc.] : Addison-Wesley, c1969
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
• Collana: Addison-Wesley series in computer science and information processing
• Altri autori (Persone): Ullman, Jeffrey D. <1942- >
• Locazione: FI1
• Collocazione: 8B-356
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Catch them before they fall : the psychoanalysis of breakdown / / Christopher Bollas ; with Sacha Bollas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452527503321
• Autore: Bollas Christopher
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-06954-4; 1-283-89466-1; 1-135-08731-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BollasSacha
• Disciplina: 616.8917
• Soggetti: Mental health consultation; Mental illness - Prevention; Psychoanalysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Broken selves -- Signs of breakdown -- Guidelines -- Emily -- Anna -- Mark -- Histories and the apres coup -- Time -- Emotional experience -- Reflection, explanation and working through -- Psychic change.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this exploration of a radical approach to the psychoanalytical treatment of people on the verge of mental breakdown, Christopher Bollas offers a new and courageous clinical paradigm. He suggests that the unconscious purpose of breakdown is to present the self to the other for transformative understanding; to have its core distress met and understood directly. If caught in time, a breakdown can become a breakthrough. It is an event imbued with the most profound personal significance, but it requires deep understanding if its meaning is to be released to its transformative po