Harry Stack Sullivan : interpersonal theory and psychotherapy

Author(s)

• Evans, F. Barton

Bibliographic Information

Harry Stack Sullivan : interpersonal theory and psychotherapy

F. Barton Evans III

（The makers of modern psychotherapy）

Routledge, 1996

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780415119726

Description

Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949) has been described as 'the most original figure in American psychiatry'. Challenging Freud's psychosexual theory, Sullivan founded the interpersonal theory of psychiatry, which emphasized the role of interpersonal relations, society and culture as the primary determinants of personality development and psychopathology. This concise and coherent account of Sullivan's work and life invites the modern audience to rediscover the provocative, groundbreaking ideas embodied in Sullivan's interpersonal theory and psychotherapy.

Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780415119733

Description

Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949) has been described as 'the most original figure in American psychiatry'. Challenging Freud's psychosexual theory, Sullivan founded the interpersonal theory of psychiatry, which emphasized the role of interpersonal relations, society and culture as the primary determinants of personality development and psychopathology. This concise and coherent account of Sullivan's work and life invites the modern audience to rediscover the provocative, groundbreaking ideas embodied in Sullivan's interpersonal theory and psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Part I Historical perspectives 1 Introduction 2 Harry Stack Sullivan, the man Part II The interpersonal theory of psychiatry 3 Basic concepts 4 Infancy: the beginning of interpersonal living 5 Developmental epochs of childhood through adolescence: the expansion of the interpersonal world Part III Applications 6 The interpersonal theory of mental disorder 7 Psychiatric interview and interpersonal Psychotherapy 8 Social psychiatry and the problems of society

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Details

• NCID: BA29266091
• ISBN:
  • 0415119723
  • 0415119731
• LCCN: 96016169
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 241 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF109.S8
  • DC20 : 150.19/57/092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sullivan, Harry Stack, 1892-1949
  • LCSH : Psychoanalysis
  • LCSH : Interpersonal relations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA21447999