The Schreber Case: Psychoanalytic Profile of A Paranoid Personality

by William G. Niederland

Overview

First published in 1984. This volume presents original insights and valuable information to anyone interested in the history of education, parent-child relations and child rearing. The author appraises Freud's contribution to the psychoanalytic exploration of psychotic illness in his work of The Schreber Case.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881630251
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1984
Edition description:	Expanded
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I: Background 1. Who Was Daniel Paul Schreber? 2. Excerpts from the Memoirs 3. Freud's Analysis 4. General Comments on Freud's Schreber Analysis, the Memoirs, and Paranoid Fantasies 5. Paranoia and Its History Part II: Further Research on Schreber 6. Three Notes on the Schreber Case 7. Schreber: Father and Son 8. Schreber's Father 9. The Miracled-Up World of Schreber's Childhood 10. Analysis of a Delusion 11. Further Data on the Historical Truth in Schreber's Delusions 12. Schreber and Flechsig 13. The Schreber Case Part III: Other Aspects of the Case 14. Schreber's Delusion of the End of the World 15. Schreber's Hereafter 16. The Mother-Conflict in Schreber's Psychosis 17. The Schreber Case Reconsidered in the Light of Psycho-Social Changes 18. Observations on Paranoia and Their Relationship to the Schreber Case 19. A Note on Soul Murder

Editorial Reviews

"This monograph serves as an admirable work in the history of 20th-century science. It provides critical information on a man whose writing served to give Freud a forum in which to permanently unlock some of the structure and mystery of psychosis."

- Sidney H. Weissman, Contemporary Psychiatry

"This book shows that history and psychiatry can be focused together to understand a man, his time, his place, and the social forces that molded him. This is a solid contribution that could be read for pleasure by all physicians with a curiosity about the mind and history."

- G. E. Gifford, Journal of the American Medical Association

"To those interested in the history of education, child rearing and parent-child relations, this volume will provide valuable information, original insights and stimulation for further research. Not only students of the individual and family interactions, but also those involved in community mental health will find Niederland's approach fascinating."

- Jarry Z. Shelton, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

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