Unraveling The Secrets to Psychosis through Psychoanalysis

by Linda Cooper

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Unraveling The Secrets of Psychosis through Psychoanalysis:

“Psychosis is a symptom of mental illness characterized by a radical change in personality and a distorted or diminished sense of objective reality.

Patients suffering from psychosis are unable to distinguish the real from the unreal. They experience hallucinations and/or delusions that they believe are real, and they typically behave in an inappropriate and confused manner.”

Source: Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders.

Videos are taken from “The Australian Psychoanalytical Society” and are by Neville Symington

“These videos explains how communication with psychotic patients can be a healing process and also goes onto explain the benefits of psychoanalysis.”

“Psychotherapy with Psychotic Patients” – Part 1

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This second video tells a case story of a lady called Bernadette who for all intense purposes suffered with psychosis, she also exhibited self-harming behaviors.
Neville Symington explains the treatments that were used including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
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“Psychotherapy with Psychotic Patients” – Part 2

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