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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458476303321

Autore

Abrahams Joseph Isaac

Titolo

Terra incognita : a psychoanalyst explores the human soul / / Joseph Isaac Abrahams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7618-6405-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Disciplina

150.1950922

Soggetti

Psychoanalysts

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

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Wartime Beginnings; 2 Washington, D.C. Early Practice 1950-1960; 3 Later Practice 1960-1970; 4 La Jolla 1971-1989; 5 Atascadero State Hospital 1990-1995; 6 Post Retirement-1996 to Present; Appendixes; Messianism and the Essential Nature of Psychoanalysis; My Contribution to the Psychoanalytic Literature; The Professional Identity of Medical Students; Psycho-Social Rehabilitation; Atascadero State Hospital's CQI Experience; My Intuitometer Presentation; Glossary of Terms; Annotated Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Terra Incognita</span><span> provides an autobiographical account of Joseph Abrahams' 75-year career as a psychoanalyst with extensive scientific data, life-altering discoveries, and insightful conclusions. Each chapter of </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Terra Incognita</span><span> represents a different stage of Abrahams' career, from its prescient wartime beginnings to its post-retirement studies and writings.</span></span>