Psychopathology of work : clinical observations / / edited by Christophe Dejours ; translated by Caroline Williamson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816289603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2018
• ISBN: 0-429-91818-6; 0-367-32475-X; 0-429-90395-2; 0-429-47918-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (121 p.)
• Collana: Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series
• Disciplina: 616.89
• Soggetti: Industrial psychiatry; Employees - Mental health; Psychoanalysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Madness and work: from aetiological analysis to theoretical contradictions (a case of status asthmaticus); CHAPTER TWO What the psychopathology of work can bring to the study of an acute delirious episode; CHAPTER THREE "Doctor, can you get Alzheimer's at my age?" A mysterious deterioration of the cognitive functions in a forty-year-old patient; CHAPTER FOUR "Centrality of work" and sexuality theory; CHAPTER FIVE Psychological harassment at work: the subjugation of the bodyCHAPTER SIX New forms of servitude and suicide; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."--Provided by publisher.