Neuropsychoanalysis - A Contemporary Introduction

Georg Northoff presents the first introduction to neuropsychoanalysis and the search for a brain-based understanding and explanation of our psyche and its psychodynamic features.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Self and narcissism 2. Attachment and trauma 3. Defense mechanisms and dissociation 4. Cathexis and free energy 5. Unconscious and conscious 6. Dreams 7. Schizophrenia and depression Conclusion

About the author

Georg Northoff is a philosopher, psychiatrist, and neuroscientist at the University of Ottowa, Canada, holding a Canada Research Chair for Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics. His research focuses on the brain-mind connection and its subjectivity; he has published numerous books and papers on his unique spatiotemporal approach. His website is www.georgnorthoff.com.

Summary

Georg Northoff presents the first introduction to neuropsychoanalysis and the search for a brain-based understanding and explanation of our psyche and its psychodynamic features.

Product details

• Authors: Georg Northoff, Georg (University of Ottowa Northoff, Northoff Georg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780367678043
• ISBN: 978-0-367-67804-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis