Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Psychosis: A Case of Catatonia and Discussion

This book explores the psychoanalytic treatment of a patient with psychosis from a range of different psychotherapeutic perspectives. With a fresh perspective on psychoanalytic treatment of psychosis, this book is an essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and clinicians involved in the treatment of psychosis.

Bennett Roth received a Ph.D. degree from New York University then trained in both psychoanalysis and group therapy. He has contributed to journals in both fields with particular interest in difficult patients. Following consulting work after 9/11, he researched group violence that resulted in A Group Analytic Approach to Mass Violence.