Essential Papers on Character Neurosis and Treatment

Ruth Lax

ISBN 10: 0814750427 / ISBN 13: 9780814750421

Published by New York University Press, US, 1989

About this Item

Character refers to the unique aspects of behavior which make up each individual's patterns of thought, attitude, and effect. In this collection, Ruth Lax has put together the seminal papers which both define the contstuence of character and its disorders and elucidate some of the persistent controversy regarding the treatment of character neurosis.

Seller Inventory # LU-9780814750421

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essential Papers on Character Neurosis and Treatment
• Publisher: New York University Press, US
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814750427
• ISBN 13: 9780814750421
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 626 grams

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Synopsis

Character refers to the unique aspects of behavior which make up each individual's patterns of thought, attitude, and effect. In this collection, Ruth Lax has put together the seminal papers which both define the contstuence of character and its disorders and elucidate some of the persistent controversy regarding the treatment of character neurosis.

About the Author

Ruth F. Lax is a training and supervisory analyst at the Intstitute for Psychoanlaytic Training and Research and The New York Freudian Society. She is the senior editor (with Sheldon Bach and J. Alexis Burland) of Self and Object Constancy: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives. Dr. Lax is a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City.