Table of Contents

About the Author
Foreword
Preface and Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1. Overview: Modeling the Life of the Mind
Chapter 2. Origins of the Psychoanalytic Model of the Mind
Chapter 3. Evolution of the Dynamic Unconscious
Chapter 4. Core Dimensions of Psychoanalytic Models of the Mind
Part II: The Topographic Model
Chapter 5. The Mind's Topography
Chapter 6. The World of Dreams
Chapter 7. The Oedipus Complex
Part III: The Structural Model
Chapter 8. A New Configuration and a New Concept: The Ego
Chapter 9. The Id and the Superego
Chapter 10. Conflict and Compromise
Part IV: Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology
Chapter 11. Object Relations Theory
Chapter 12. Self Psychology
Part V: Integration and Application
Chapter 13. Toward an Integrated Psychoanalytic Model of the Mind
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Libido Theory
Appendix B: Defenses
Appendix C: Glossary
Index

About the Author

Elizabeth L. Auchincloss, M.D., is Vice-Chair for Education, Director of the Institute for Psychodynamic Medicine, DeWitt Wallace Senior Scholar, and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. She is also Senior Associate Director, and Training and Supervising Analyst, at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

Reviews

This is a good starting point for someone new to the field or a great assistance in systematising one's knowledge. It has a clear style, measured approach, cautious and accurate approach to scientific modelling and awareness of its limitations and aims. Interesting and accurate attempt to bring together various concepts within the field that is notorious for its lack of common ground and subjectivity. BMA Medical Book Awards 2016