Despine and the Evolution of Psychology: Historical and Medical Perspectives on Dissociative Disorders [Hardcover]

Joanne M. McKeown (Editor), Catherine G. Fine (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0230608671 | ISBN-13: 978-0230608672 | Publication Date: November 25, 2008 | Edition: 1

An annotated edition of a landmark study in the history of psychology, including extensive essays and other critical apparatus that place Antoine Despine's work in its proper historical and scientific context.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"As one of the earliest entries in what would become psychotherapy, Antoine Despine's monograph is of great significance for psychologists, psychiatrists, and historians of medicine and science. This fine translation brings Despine's seminal work to an English-language readership for the first time, contextualizing it with invaluable scholarly apparatus."

--Daniel N. Robinson, Philosophy Faculty, Oxford University

About the Author

Joanne M. McKeown is currently Associate Professor of French language and literature at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She also works with the formation of foreign language teachers there.  Recent publications related to this translation are "Visions as Illness and Inspiration: Young Estelle L’Hardy and Sister Anne-Catherine Emmerich in Works of Doctor Antoine Despine and Poet Clemens Brentano" in the Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages (2006) and "Restoring Literary Wholeness to the Fragmented Account of Antoine Despine's Magnetic Cure of Estelle L'Hardy's Dissociative Disorder" in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (2007).

 

Catherine G. Fine, Ph.D. is an American-educated psychologist specializing in the treatment of dissociative disorders and complex post-traumatic conditions. Her areas of expertise span psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, hypnosis, and EMDR, to name a few.  he publishes and teaches nationally and internationally on the structured treatment of trauma disorders, on crisis prevention in outpatient therapies, and on management and evolution of trauma disorders groups--all informed by hypnosis. More recently, she has added coaching executives in stressful corporate environments to her areas of expertise.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1 edition (November 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230608671
• ISBN-13: 978-0230608672
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,490,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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