Der gehemmte Rebell

The compulsive neurotic is a restrained rebel who lives in constant conflict between autonomy and submission. He can never express his instinctual needs and emotions; he has learned to mask his feelings and express them through compulsive rituals. This book presents possibilities for diagnosis and treatment for all therapeutic schools based on psychodynamic therapy. Compulsions are among the most common mental disorders. Typical symptoms of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder include rumination, counting, washing, or checking compulsions. Many lose vitality and flexibility, frequently question themselves, and constantly hesitate. This book explains the symptomatology, classification and epidemiology, psychodynamics, pathogenesis and etiology, as well as the relationship to depression, schizophrenia, and hoarding disorder, along with deep psychological therapy.