A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis

15 hrs. 15 min.

Popular Science

Language Russian

Author Eric Berne

Narrator Roman Volkov

Description

Start your acquaintance with psychiatry and psychology with this book. In the “Introduction,” Eric Berne uses simple, extremely clear language to explain how the human psyche is structured, what influences its formation, what developmental stages an infant goes through and how they later reflect in a person’s life, what dreams and neuroses are, what hidden causes lie behind alcoholism, a tendency toward casual relationships, prolonged depression—and much more. Berne’s work is still rightly considered one of the most comprehensive and engaging textbooks on psychiatry and psychoanalysis. It is a book you want to return to again and again—expanding your picture of the world and immersing yourself in the fascinating world of the human psyche.

Contents:

Author’s Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. WHAT DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH? 1. Can we judge people by how they look?
Where does human energy come from?
Why do we need the brain?
Why does a person behave and feel the way they do?
How feelings change experience
How people differ from one another
Chapter 2. WHAT PEOPLE TRY TO DO. What is a person?
What does a person need?
What are the most powerful drives?
The human problem
How do people express their drives?
How do people treat their environment?
How does a person grow and change?
Why must a person manage themselves?
How does a person make decisions?
For whom is all this done?
Chapter 3. GROWTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL. How is an adult different from a child?
What does a newborn think about?
Emotional development of a nursing infant
How a child learns to behave
A little boy and a little girl
Dealing with people
When does sexual activity begin?
How does a child react to their parents’ behavior?
Chapter 4. DREAMS AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS. What is the subconscious?
What is the subconscious made of?
Why do people have dreams?
Interpreting dreams
What is sleep?
Chapter 5. NEUROSES. How do emotions cause physical illness?
How do emotions cause physical pain?
What is psychosomatic medicine?
What is neurotic behavior?
What is a neurotic symptom?
Different types of neuroses
What causes neuroses?
Chapter 6. PSYCHOSES. What is madness?
Different types of psychoses
What causes psychoses?
Chapter 7. ALCOHOL, CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS. Different types of drunkenness
What is a drug addict?
What can people become dependent on?
How do you cure an addict?
Delirium tremens
What is a sociopath?
What is sexual perversion?
What is masturbation?
What is homosexuality?
What are transsexuals and travesties?
Chapter 8. PSYCHOTHERAPY. What does “to turn to a psychiatrist” mean?
What is psychoanalysis?
How psychoanalysis is carried out
What happens during analysis?
Who should undergo psychoanalysis?
Who was Freud?
Freud and his followers
What is hypnosis?
Other approaches
What is group therapy?
What is family therapy?
Chapter 9. TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS. 1. What is transactional analysis?
Theoretical foundations
How does transactional analysis happen?
Transactional analysis in action
The history and future of transactional analysis
Chapter 10. RELATED PROFESSIONS. Psychiatric social work
Work of a psychiatric nurse
Pastoral guidance
Community psychiatry
Chapter 11. MEDICINES AND OTHER METHODS. Old medications
Who discovered the snake root?
Types of “tranquilizers”
About “truth serum”
About shock treatment
What are brain waves?
What is an electroencephalogram?
Chapter 12. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. How to choose a psychotherapist
Can mental illnesses be cured?
Appendix. OUTSIDE THE SCIENCES. About fortune-tellers
What is intuition?
How does intuition work?
What is extrasensory perception?
How does extrasensory perception work?
Note. Glossary