Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis : Introduction to a Depth Neuropsychology

by KAPLAN-SOLMS KAREN

• ISBN13: 9780823609628
• ISBN10: 0823609626
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Intl Universities Pr Inc

Summary

Winner of the 2002 Gradiva Award Hailed as a turning point in psychoanalytic research in its first edition, this new edition will be relied on as a model for the integration of neuroscience and psychoanalysis. The authors have added a glossary of key terms to this edition to aid their introduction to depth neuropsychology.

Author Biography

Karen Kaplan-Solms is a speech and language pathologist and neuropsychologist. She was an Honorary Lecturer in neurosurgery at the London Hospital Medical College. Currently she is a candidate of the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London Mark Solms is an Associate Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and an Honorary Member of the New York Psychoanalytic Society. He is an Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and a Lecturer in Psychology at University College London

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vii
Preface	ix
Foreword	xi
Arnold Z. Pfeffer
PART I Foundations
The historical origins of psychoanalysis in neuroscience	3	(23)
Psychoanalysis and the origins of dynamic neuropsychology: the work of Luria	26	(18)
An example: the neurodynamics of dreaming	44	(14)
The future of psychoanalysis in neuroscience: a methodological proposal	58	(15)
PART II Observations
Psychoanalytic observations on a case of Broca's aphasia: normal mourning	73	(17)
Psychoanalytic observations on a case of Wernicke's aphasia: perforated consciousness	90	(26)
Psychoanalytic observations on a case of left parietal damage: a man with a shattered world	116	(32)
Psychoanalytic observations on five cases of right perisylvian damage: failure of mourning	148	(52)
Psychoanalytic observations on four cases of ventromesial frontal damage: ``the end of the world''	200	(43)
PART III Integration
Towards a neuroanatomy of the mental apparatus	243	(42)
References	285	(10)
Index	295