The Wound of Mortality - Fear, Denial, and Acceptance of Death (Hardcover)

Death is a much avoided topic. Literature on mourning exists, but it focuses chiefly upon the death of others. The inevitable psychic impact of one's own mortality is not optimally covered either in this literature on mourning or elsewhere in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. The Wound of Mortality brings together contributions from distinguished psychoanalysts to fill this gap by addressing the issue of death in a comprehensive manner. Among questions the contributors raise and seek to answer are: Do children understand the idea of death? How is adolescent bravado related to deeper anxieties about death? Is it normal and even psychologically healthy to think about one's own death during middle age? Does culture-at-large play a role in how individuals conceptualize the role of death in human life? Is death "apart" from or "a part" of life? Enhanced understanding of such matters will help mental health clinicians treat patients struggling with death-related concerns with greater empathy.

General

Imprint:	Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Margaret S. Mahler
Release date:	2010
First published:	February 2010
Editors:	Salman Akhtar
Contributors:	Ira Brenner • Stanley J. Coen • Calvin A. Colarusso • Hossein M. Etezady • Michelle Foster • Ruth Garfield • Jaswant Guzder • Leon Hoffman • Eileen Johnson
Dimensions:	242 x 162 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-7657-0699-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Counselling Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy
LSN:	0-7657-0699-7
Barcode:	9780765706997

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