Ego Functions in Schizophrenics, Neurotics, and Normals: A Systematic Study of Conceptual Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Aspects (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)

Second printing. Spine ends lightly pushed. 1973 Hard Cover. xii, 571 pp. A study of various aspects of abnormal psychology, neurodivergence, and mental illness. CONTENTS: Introduction; Part I. A Survey of the Structural Model: The Ego Concept in Psychoanalysis; The Id Concept; The Superego Concept; Ego Functions in Psychoanalytic Theory; Part 2. The 12 Ego Functions of Our Study: General Considerations and Rationale for the Selection of the 12 Ego Functions; Reality Testing; Judgment; Sense of Reality of the World and of the Self; Regulation and Control of Drives, Affects, and Impulses; Object Relations; Thought Processes; Adaptive Regression in the Service of the Ego; Defensive Functioning; Stimulus Barrier; Autonomous Functioning; Synthetic-Integrative Functioning; Mastery-Competence; Interrelationships Among Ego Functions; Part 2. The Research Project: Ego Functions in Schizophrenics, Neurotics, and Normals; Results from the Clinical Interview; Psychological Test Results; Part 4. Clinical Application of Ego Function Profiles: Diagnosis; Treatment; Prognosis and the Profile; Early Ego Function Assessment and Prevention; of Schizophrenia Development; Appendices: Appendix A. An Interview Guide for the Clinical Assessment of Ego Functions; Appendix B. Manual for Rating Ego Functions from a Clinical Interview; Appendix C. Clinical Interview Rating Form; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index. …