Object Relations in Depression: A Return to Theory

Lubbe, Trevor

ISBN 10: 0415576768 / ISBN 13: 9780415576765

Published by Routledge, 2010

About this Item

Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMP; MMJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 385. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Object Relations in Depression: A Return to Theory
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415576768
• ISBN 13: 9780415576765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book examines the role of British object relations theory in order to explore our understanding and treatment of depression. It challenges current conceptualizations of depression while simultaneously discussing the complex nature of depression, its long-lasting and chronic implications and the susceptibility to relapse many may face.

Illuminated throughout by case studies, areas of discussion include:

• Freud’s theory of depression
• analytic subtypes of depression
• a theoretical contribution to the problem of relapse
• the correlation between dream work and the work of mourning.

Object Relations in Depression offers a psychoanalytic discussion of the multifaceted nature of depression and as such will be of great interest to all those in the psychoanalytic field.

About the Author

Trevor Lubbe trained as a child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic and worked in the NHS before returning to South Africa, where he now lives and works. He is a member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists and a member of the Institute for Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in South Africa.