Description
This introductory textbook is addressed to those wishing to gain a clear overview on chosen aspects of psychoanalysis and wanting to understand why this discipline remains important in viewing psychological, medical phenomena as well as phenomena from the field of the social and cultural studies. The following topics are presented in detail: psychoanalytical metapsychology, psychoanalytical developmental theories, general and special psychoanalytical theories on diseases, psychoanalytical techniques of treatment as well as implementation of psychoanalysis.
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Author Biography
Prof. Mertens teaches clinical psychology focusing on psychoanalysis at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.
W. Kohlhammer GmbH
Kohlhammer is a traditional publishing house located in southern Germany and was established in 1866. It is one of Germany’s principal academic publishing houses and is active in a large variety of academic areas. Making quality information available to professionals, the academia as well as to an interested and informed public has been and remains Kohlhammer’s ambition. Kohlhammer’s areas of expertise include:History, Theology, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Ethics, Economics as well as Psychology, Pedagogy, Special Education, Medicine and Health Care and Law.
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- Publisher W. Kolhammer GmbH
- Publication Date December 2004
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 18 EUR
- Pages292
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition6th Edition
- Dimensions18,5 x 11,5 cm
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