Three Faces of Mourning Melancholia, Manic Defense, and Moving On

, by Akhtar, Salman; Etezady, M. Hossein,; Fallon, Theodore; Masur, Corinne; Myers, Helen, M.D.; Parens, Henry, M.D.; Schlesinger, Herbert, M.D.; Settlage, Calvin F., M.D.; Singletary, William, M.D.

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ISBN: 9780765705167 | 0765705168
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/25/2006

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Mourning and the importance of the capacity to bear some helplessness, while still finding pleasure in life, are central to this tightly organized volume. The multi-faceted processes involved in mourning and adaptation are addressed.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
We All Mourn: C'est La Condition Humane	p. 1
Does Mourning Become Electra? Oedipal and Separation-Individuation Issues in a Woman's Loss of Her Mother	p. 13
Can Women Mourn Their Mothers?: Discussion of Meyers' Chapter, "Does Mourning Become Electra? Oedipal and Separation-Individuation Issues in a Woman's Loss of Her Mother"	p. 33
Defenses Evoked by Early Childhood Loss: Their Impact on Life-Span Development	p. 47
From Mental Pain through Manic Defense to Mourning: Discussion of Settlage's Chapter, "Defenses Evoked by Early Childhood Loss: Their Impact on Life-Span Development"	p. 95
Technical Problems in Analyzing the Mourning Patient	p. 115
Changing Hateful Feelings Back to Loving Feelings: The Work of Child Analysis: Discussion of Schlesinger's Chapter, "Technical Problems in Analyzing the Mourning Patient"	p. 141
An Obstacle to the Child's Coping with Object Loss	p. 157
Interrupted Mourning: Discussion of Parens' Chapter, "An Obstacle to the Child's Coping with Object Loss"	p. 185
The Mourning After: A Concluding Overview	p. 199
Index	p. 225
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