Mind-body problems : psychotherapy with psychosomatic disorders /
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| Imprint: | Northvale, NJ : Jason Aronson, ©1997. |
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| Description: | xiv, 360 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10324226 |
| Summary: | The opening paper profitably links psychosomatic disorders to alexithymia, the absence or deadening of feeling, the inability to identify or express emotion. Alexithymic individuals are particularly prone to disease as a result of the faulty processing of emotions that leads to cognitive deficit in coping with stressful affects.<br> <br> Animated case reports on specific disorders--anorexia, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, even (speculatively) miscarriage--balance consideration of developmental questions and treatment issues (transference/countertransference) and techniques.<br> <br> From a historical essay on Freud's view of the mind-body connection to explorations of the complicated role of trauma and PTSD, the contributions to Dr. Finell's collection demonstrate intellectual energy and clinical creativity. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 360 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1568216548 9781568216546 |
