A Basic Theory of Neuropsychoanalysis

This book introduces a theoretical framework for studying the mind. Specifically, an attempt is made to frame ideas from psychoanalysis and cognitive-social psychology so that they can be taken readily into a realm of neurobiology. Psychoanalytic Theory still represents a very comprehensive theory of the human mind. It includes cognitive, emotional and behavioral variables, plus the idea of unconscious mental operations. The pleasure principle and repetition compulsion were Freud's most general concepts of mental functioning; here, the author renovates these concepts to get them to work with ideas from social cognition and neurobiology.

W. M. Bernstein, PhD, trained in social psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychopharmacology. After working in academia and consulting, he is now in private practice specialising in the treatment of anxiety, somatoform, and mood disorders. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Psychology; and was one of the first psychologists in the United States licensed to prescribe psychotropic medicines.