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      EGO Development and Psychopathology
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      EGO Development and Psychopathology

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      EGO Development and Psychopathology book

      EGO Development and Psychopathology

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      EGO Development and Psychopathology book

      ByDavid P. Ausubel
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1996
      eBook Published 31 October 2017
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351292245
      Pages 301
      eBook ISBN 9781351292245
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences
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      Ausubel, D.P. (1996). EGO Development and Psychopathology (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351292245

      ABSTRACT

      Ego Development and Psychopathology presents an original theoretical underpinning for classification and interpretation of the major mental disorders, one based largely on the author's clinical experience. Ausubel's central thesis is that the most significant and crucial factors predisposing persons to mental disorders are critical developmental defects that arise at vital transitional phases of ego development. He sees both normal and pathological personality functioning as most cogently explained in terms of an individual's ego structure at a given point in the life cycle.

      Ausubel relates his developmental theory to the phenomenology and related clinical problems of psychiatric diagnosis. He classifies mental disorders in terms of their developmental history. Such factors, in his opinion, offer the most precise delineation of etiological, functional, and phenomenological similarities and differences among the various psychiatric syndromes. He provides an overview of ego development, as well as major variants of the norm. He also discusses development of conscience and moral values, as well as psychopathological considerations that follow from deficiencies, defects, failure, and distortions in ego development. He examines at length classification of mental disorders, such as anxiety states, psychotic depression and mania, schizophrenia, autism, antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders, and defense mechanisms.

      Ausubel is careful to point out that ego development is not the only significant determinant of normal and aberrant personality. Genetic predispositions, situational stress, and sociocultural factors must always be taken into consideration since mental disorder is always a product of multiple causality. However, he believes ego development is by far the most critical factor, and hence offers the most for classification of mental illness. This intriguing study will be of interest to professionals as well as educated and concerned practitioners in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, child psychotherapy, and social work.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part I|142 pages

      Ego Development

      chapter 1|50 pages

      The Natural History of Ego Development

      Ego Omnipotence and Satellization during Infancy and Childhood

      chapter 2|54 pages

      The Natural History of Ego Development

      Desatellization in Preadolescence and Adolescence

      chapter 3|36 pages

      The Natural History of Ego Development

      The Development of Conscience

      part II|152 pages

      Clinical Applications

      chapter 4|18 pages

      General Psychopathology

      chapter 5|32 pages

      Anxiety States

      chapter 6|28 pages

      Psychotic Depression and Elevation (Mania) of Self-Esteem

      chapter 7|6 pages

      Other Psychotic Complications of Anxiety

      chapter 8|12 pages

      Personality and Mental Disorders Due to Maturational Failure in Desatellization

      chapter 9|14 pages

      Aggressive, Antisocial, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders in Nonsatellizers

      chapter 10|22 pages

      Defenses Against Anxiety

      chapter 11|18 pages

      Conclusions

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