This book is based on various cases whose common factor is how the psychoanalytic setting is created: the internalization and realization inside the patient`s mind: with the feeling of fixed hours and the transferential relation with the psychoanalyst. Referring to the great masters of psychoanalysis, the author guides us step by step through the mysterious terrain of the mind, especially in its most regressive, primitive and psychotic aspects. Thomas Ogden, commenting on the papers collected here, wrote that 'they represent two of the most important contributions of the past decade to the understanding of the psychoanalytic treatment of psychotic patients'. This book is intended to be felt and thought about. The reader is asked to read between the lines, to imagine and feel beyond the words on the page. It will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and students.
This magnificent volume marks the fiftieth anniversary of this museum and art school housed in buildings designed by world-renowned architects Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Richard Meier. Illustrated essays cover the history of the Center and its distinguished architecture. Colorplates and commentary present more than 100 masterpieces of 20th-century art and tribal arts.
HERE'S HOW TO EXCEL IN YOUR NEUROLOGY CLERKSHIP AND ON THE USMLE STEP 3 You need exposure to cases to pass the USMLE and shelf exams and that's exactly what this innovative resource offers. Case Files: Neurology presents 55 high-yield clinical cases that each illustrate essential concepts in neurology. Every case includes an extended discussion, definitions of key terms, clinical pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. It's an interactive learning system that helps you learn instead of just memorize. Learn in the context of real cases, instead of just memorizing with: 55 neurology cases most likely to be tested on the clerkship exam Clinical pearls highlight key points Primer on how to approach the patient USMLE-style comprehension questions with each case
In Scotland, an embryonic terrorist movement targeting the medical establishment expands globally to include self-help groups, as well as the Chechen terrorist underground. World leaders, now aware that the alleged Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction are in Chechnya, fear this knowledge will catalyze an unwanted Russian military coup. The CIA sends Dick Swept to retrieve the WMD and stop the terrorist attacks. This is the second Dick Swept novel. Swept continues to prove himself capable and skillful as he encounters subterfuge, CIA agents, the president of the United States and beautiful women. The neurologist-turned-spy battles evil, increasingly difficult to define, in the midst of Alzheimer's disease research and struggles within his personal life. A series of increasingly violent events results in multiple surprises, as Swept exercises his physical and cognitive skills to improve our world.
It has long been one of the most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John Searle writes, "the most important problem in the biological sciences": What is consciousness? Is my inner awareness of myself something separate from my body? In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books, John Searle evaluates the positions on consciousness of such well-known scientists and philosophers as Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Roger Penrose, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, and Israel Rosenfield. He challenges claims that the mind works like a computer, and that brain functions can be reproduced by computer programs. With a sharp eye for confusion and contradiction, he points out which avenues of current research are most likely to come up with a biological examination of how conscious states are caused by the brain. Only when we understand how the brain works will we solve the mystery of consciousness, and only then will we begin to understand issues ranging from artificial intelligence to our very nature as human beings.
(FAQ). Twin Peaks , the infamously strange, seductive, and confounding murder mystery that made network television safe for surrealism, is returning to the small screen after 25 years. Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the series enjoys a hallowed standing in popular culture and remains a touchstone in the evolution of TV as an artistic medium. For its many intensely devoted fans, Twin Peaks continues to beguile and disturb and delight; it's a bottomless well of allusions, symbols, conundrums to ponder and images to unpack, an endlessly engrossing puzzle box, an obsessive's dream. Twin Peaks FAQ will guide longtime fans and the newly initiated through the origins of the series, take them behind the scenes during its production, and transport readers deep into the rich mythology that made Twin Peaks a cultural phenomenon. The book features detailed episode guides, character breakdowns, and explorations of the show's distinctive music, fashion, and locations. With a sometimes snarky, always thoughtful (but never dry or academic) analysis of Twin Peaks ' myriad oddities, mysteries, references, and delicious insanity, Twin Peaks FAQ is a comprehensive, immersive, and irresistible reference for experts and newbies alike.
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