Theaters of the Body: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Psychosomatic Illness

by Joyce McDougall

Overview

Theaters of the Body is a landmark contribution to the study of the psychosoma by one of the world's most important psychoanalytic thinkers and clinicians.

In this book, Joyce McDougall presents a bold and exciting recasting of the psychoanalytic approach to the fascinating question of the relationship between the mind and the body.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393700824
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/1989
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)

Editorial Reviews

The author advances a psychoanalytic model of physical illness and disease based on the concept of primitive preneurotic pathology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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