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All Families are Psychotic: A Novel
The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida's finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds stumble into every illicit activity under the tropical sun-kidnapping, blackmail, gunplay, and black market negotiations, to name a few. But even as the Drummonds' lives spin out of control, Coupland reminds us of their humanity at every turn, hammering out a hilarious masterpiece with the keen eye of a cultural critic and the heart and soul of a gifted storyteller. He tells not only the characters' stories but also the story of our times--thalidomide, AIDS, born-again Christianity, drugs, divorce, the Internet-all bound together with the familiar glue of family love and madness. .
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Powers Vol. 9: Psychotic
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The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer
Everybody has a dream. For aspiring actress Suzanne Reynolds, her dream ended in a gruesome encounter with eccentric New York artist Charles Yukl. Fooled by his choirboy looks, Reynolds had no idea the man who taught her the piano was a woman-hating recluse who spent his days lost in fantasies of perversion. As a result of the plea bargain for Suzanne¹s brutal murder, Yukl soon gained his freedom due to a shocking series of legal errors -- and killed again. A riveting dramatization of two horrific crimes and their aftermath, The Piano Teacher brilliantly portrays a madman set on fulfilling his own sadistic and homicidal dreams...and the flawed justice system that gave him the opportunities to do so..
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Psychic Retreats: Pathological Organizations in Psychotic, Neurotic and Borderline Patients (New Library of Psychoanalysis ; 19)
Psychic Retreats discusses the problem of patients who have withdrawn to avoid anxiety and mental pain and with whom it is difficult to make meaningful contact. Using current Kleinian theory, experienced psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Steiner examines how these retreats are constructed and how analysis can treat them. He examines the way object relationships and defenses can be organized into complex structures which lead to a personality and an analysis becoming rigid and stuck, with little opportunity for development or change. These systems of defenses are pathological organizations of the personality: John Steiner describes them as `psychic retreats', into which the patient can withdraw to avoid contact both with the analyst and reality. Psychic Retreats is written with practicing psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in mind, the emphasis is therefore clinical throughout the book, which concludeswith a chapter on the technical problems which arise in the treatment of such severely ill patients..
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Psychotic Disorders: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry)
This new addition to the Practical Guides in Psychiatry series is a clinically oriented pocket guide to diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia and other psychoses. Using the conversational style and case vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Freudenreich shows how to recognize psychotic signs and symptoms, arrive at a clinical diagnosis that explains the psychosis, and treat the disorder. Close attention is given to management of medical comorbidity, antipsychotic-induced side effects, and drug interactions. Coverage also includes prognostic considerations and forensic and social aspects of schizophrenia. Appendices contain pocket cards covering emergencies, rating scales, and wellness. The Practical Guides in Psychiatry series provides quick, concise information for professionals on the front lines of mental health care. Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, these invaluable resources take you through each step of the psychiatric care process, delivering fast facts and helpful strategies that help you provide effective and compassionate care to your patients. .
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Impasse and Interpretation: Therapeutic and Anti-Therepeutic Factors in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychotic, Borderline and Neurotic Patients (The New Library of Psychoanalysis)
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