Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
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Department of Philosophy, Washington, D.C., USA

Publications

• Review Article   
  How Does Psychoanalysis Work With Persons Afflicted By Schizophrenia?
  Author(s): Wilfried Ver Eecke*
  
  I make use of Lacan to understand schizophrenia. I then explain, from a Lacanian point of view, the success of three therapists (Prouty, Karon and Villemoes) treating persons afflicted by schizophrenia. I refer to the Finnish "Open Dialogue" method where up to 85% of persons, afflicted by schizophrenia, are successfully treated. In this paper I will concentrate upon the question as to how psychoanalysis, in modified form, works with patients afflicted by schizophrenia and psychosis. I will start by mentioning the “Open Dialogue” method used in Finland. I will point to the success of the “Open Dialogue” method to prove that schizophrenia can be cured by using talking therapy. Next, I will present Lacan’s theory of schizophrenia. From Lacan’s theory I will extract the concepts of the imaginary and the symbolic. I will then use Lacan’s .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0487.19.9.367

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