LEADER 06189nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910820450303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-92337-6 010 $a0-429-90914-4 010 $a0-429-48437-2 010 $a1-282-90078-1 010 $a9786612900785 010 $a1-84940-699-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056067 035 $a(EBL)690016 035 $a(OCoLC)729244765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488053 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11316476 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488053 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10446204 035 $a(PQKB)10214533 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL690016 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10428104 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL290078 035 $a(OCoLC)1031885020 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1031885020 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429484377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC690016 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056067 100 $a20090616d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTreating the "untreatable" $ehealing in the realms of madness /$fIra Steinman 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aLondon $cKarnac Books$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-367-32943-3 311 $a1-85575-680-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-207.) 327 $aCover; Copy Right; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Delusional reality; CHAPTER TWO: The psychotherapy of delusional states; CHAPTER THREE: Causes of a delusional orientation; CHAPTER FOUR: The method; CHAPTER FIVE: The history of the psychotherapy of schizophrenia and delusional states; CHAPTER SIX: Psychotherapeutic technique and stages in the psychotherapy of delusional states; APOLOGIA AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Good Angel, the Bad Devil, the Smiling Man's Voice and Mother-God; CHAPTER EIGHT: The pugilist, Mary, and the mother with the fiery halo 327 $aCHAPTER NINE: Two rats and the extraterrestrialCHAPTER TEN: The ghost in the history; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Stalemate; CHAPTER TWELVE: Maya, Little, and the world of illusion; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Death, Egyptian style; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Nobody; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The voice didn't win; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The world class artist of the symbolic world: the Mafia, the movie stars and the "Unconscious God"; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Can anyone that evil ever really die?; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The cheerleader; CHAPTER NINETEEN: Thoughts, lessons and conclusions; APPENDIX 1: Long-term studies on schizophrenia 327 $aAPPENDIX 2: Brief review of psychoanalytic perspectives on schizophreniaREFERENCES 330 2 $a"Treating the 'Untreatable' offers the hope of recovery, healing and cure for the most severe psychotic disturbances, schizophrenia and delusional disorder. Through a psychotherapeutic exploration of hallucinations, delusions and thought disorder, even the most hopeless and "untreatable" patients have a chance for returning to a life of relationships and function even after years, if not decades, of disturbance. These studies in the intensive psychotherapy of schizophrenia and delusional disorders demonstrate that recovery, healing and cure can be achieved in those most disturbed. In this era of treating schizophrenic and delusional patients with a primarily antipsychotic drug oriented approach, a more thorough exploration of the meaning to the patient of his psychosis - with judicious antipsychotic use, when indicated - leads to internal character and external behavioral change that is far more lasting than with antipsychotic use alone. With such a psychodynamic approach, some of these previously chaotic, disturbed and heavily medicated people were able to understand the symbolism and the origin of their psychotic productions and go off antipsychotic medication altogether. Treating the 'Untreatable' provides an overview of the chaotic world of the schizophrenic or delusional patient, a history of intensive psychotherapy with such patients, and twelve case histories demonstrating varying degrees of recovery, healing and cure. Some of the patients were able to integrate delusional systems that had persisted for many years and give up previous extensive antipsychotic medication, as they understood and worked through psychological issues underlying their psychotic orientation. The book offers compelling stories for the general reader and teaching tales for students and mental health practitioners who want to work in the realm of madness. These clinical cases demonstrate the efficacy of an intensive psychotherapy of schizophrenia and delusional states, combined with the judicious use of antipsychotics. These tales show that even seemingly "untreatable" and "hopeless" psychotic patients may recover and heal in the course of an inquiring psychodynamic psychotherapy aimed at understanding and working through the symbolic meaning of his or her hallucinations, delusions and bizarre thoughts and actions. Such an approach has led to some maintaining their gains for decades. Treating the 'Untreatable' ultimately questions why patients who responded to an insight oriented psychotherapy were previously viewed as 'untreatable' and given high doses of antipsychotic medication. In addition, the book talks about some of the factors that have led the field of psychiatry to pursue a primarily antipsychotic medication approach in patients so disturbed, rather than integrating a potentially healing dynamic psychotherapy into one's therapeutic armamentarium."--Provided by publisher. 606 $aSchizophrenia$xTreatment$vCase studies 606 $aSchizophrenics$xRehabilitation$vCase studies 606 $aPsychoses$xTreatment$vCase studies 615 0$aSchizophrenia$xTreatment 615 0$aSchizophrenics$xRehabilitation 615 0$aPsychoses$xTreatment 676 $a616.898 700 $aSteinman$b Ira$01596215 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820450303321 996 $aTreating the 'Untreatable$93917494 997 $aUNINA