a new perspective on identity, affect, and narcissistic disorders
Marcus West.
London
Karnac
2007
(xviii, 262 pages)
COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I AN "IDENTITY-AFFECT" MODEL; CHAPTER ONE The clinical picture; CHAPTER TWO Identity; CHAPTER THREE Affect; CHAPTER FOUR Klein, Bion, projective identification, and the paranoid-schizoid position; CHAPTER FIVE Technique and analytic attitude; CHAPTER SIX Jung, the self, and spiritual experience; PART II PERSONALITY TYPES; Introduction; CHAPTER SEVEN Narcissism and the narcissistic personality; CHAPTER EIGHT The borderline personality; CHAPTER NINE The hysteric personality; CHAPTER TEN The schizoid personality; REFERENCES; INDEX.
Provides an account of the nature and functioning of the non-verbal self, rooted in nature of affect and functioning of an 'affective appraisal mechanism', located in brainstem and right hemisphere of brain. This book draws on theory of narcissism.