Three Case Histories

by Freud, Sigmund

• ISBN13: 9780684829456
• ISBN10: 0684829452
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER

Summary

Notes upon a case of obessional neurosis (1909)
Pscyhoanalytic notes upon an autobiographical account of a case of paranoia (dementia paranoides) (1911)
From the history of an infantile neurosis (1918)

Author Biography

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Although his theories remain controversial until this day, Freud made a lasting impact on Western culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis (1909)	1	(82)
Extracts from the Case History	5	(53)
The Beginning of the Treatment	6	(1)
Infantile Sexuality	7	(5)
The Great Obsessive Fear	12	(7)
Initiation into the Nature of the Treatment	19	(10)
Some Obsessional Ideas and Their Explanation	29	(8)
The Exciting Cause of the Illness	37	(4)
The Father Complex and the Solution of the Rat Idea	41	(17)
Theoretical	58	(25)
Some General Characteristics of Obsessional Formations	58	(7)
Some Psychological Peculiarities of Obsessional Neurotics: Their Attitude towards Reality, Superstition and Death	65	(6)
The Instinctual Life of Obsessional Neurotics, and the Origins of Compulsion and Doubt	71	(12)
Psychoanalytic Notes Upon an Autobiographical Account of a Case of Paranoia (Dementia Paranoides) (1911)	83	(78)
Case History	87	(23)
Attempts at Interpretation	110	(25)
On the Mechanism of Paranoia	135	(26)
Postscript	157	(4)
From the History of an Infantile Neurosis (1918)	161	(120)
Introductory Remarks	163	(6)
General Survey of the Patient's Environment and of the History of the Case	169	(6)
The Seduction and Its Immediate Consequences	175	(11)
The Dream and the Primal Scene	186	(19)
A Few Discussions	205	(14)
The Obsessional Neurosis	219	(11)
Anal Erotism and the Castration Complex	230	(18)
Fresh Material from the Primal Period---Solution	248	(15)
Recapitulations and Problems	263	(18)
List of Books and Papers Referred to in the Text	281