Thesis (M.D.) -- University of Pennsylvania, 1805. / Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Supervisor: David L. Clark. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 278-296) Also available online.

Inaug.-diss.--Münster. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [vii]-viii.

Inaug.-diss.--Münster. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [vii]-viii.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: [43]-47)

University of Macau / Faculty of Arts and Humanities. / Department of English

Schreber, one of Freud’s most renewed clinic cases, mentioned in Memoirs his hypochondriac crises in a moment that preceded the triggering of his psychosis. His hypochondriac ideas were expressed by softened brain complaints, emaciation ideas, feeling of imminent death, etc. About Schreber, Freud suggests that there is an intimate relationship between hypochondria and psychosis when he says that hypochondria is for paranoia as well as anguish is for neurosis. Thus, this work’s aim is to investigate hypochondria into paranoia considering hypochondria as something related to psychosis. Therefore, a theoretical study has been made, grounded into the psychoanalysis. The methodological route is characterized by the hypochondria and psychosis concepts investigation from psychoanalytical texts, having as main references Sigmund Freud and Lacan’s works, as well as psychoanalysts works which investigate this theme nowadays. Fragments of “Schereber’s case” are used to illustrate this investigation. From this research, was found that there are approaches between hypochondria and psychosis since the classical psychiatry. Philippe Pinel, William Cullen, Jules Cotard, Bénedict Augustin Morel, and François Boissier de Sauvages even sketched this relationship between them. According to Freud, hypochondria manifests in very tough and distressing body sensations and may relate to hysteria, obsessive neurosis and paranoia. The approach between hypochondria and psychosis were described during Freud’s elaboration about narcissism. Schereber’s hypochondria demonstrates a narcissistic inflation because presents a repression of the libido of me, which delimits a very singular way of libidinal investment. It is concentrated into a bodily organ, expressing a psychotic corporal phenomenon. The results also show that hypochondria as an elementary and corporal phenomenon, characteristic of psychosis, that might precede the psychosis triggering. About this matter, researching the small evidences, expression suggested by Jacques-Alain Miller, provides an orientation to the differential diagnosis and treatment. Thus, hypochondria’s identification as an evidence might help in the differential diagnosis: in the case of neurosis it shows as an enigma possible to be interpreted, and in psychosis case It manifests a finding into the address dimension. / Schreber, um dos mais notáveis casos clínicos de Freud, mencionou nas Memórias sua crise de hipocondria em um momento que antecedeu o desencadeamento de sua psicose. Suas ideias hipocondríacas eram expressas a partir de queixas de amolecimento cerebral, ideias de emagrecimento, sentimento de morte eminente, etc. A propósito de Schreber, Freud sugere que há uma íntima relação entre hipocondria e psicose quando afirma que a hipocondria está para a paranoia assim como a angústia está para a neurose. Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a hipocondria, considerando sua relação com a psicose. Para tanto, foi realizado estudo teórico, fundamentado na psicanálise. O percurso metodológico foi caracterizado pela investigação dos conceitos hipocondria e psicose a partir dos textos psicanalíticos, sendo as principais referências os trabalhos de Sigmund Freud e Jacques Lacan, assim como os trabalhos de psicanalistas que investigam sobre o tema na contemporaneidade. Fragmentos do “caso Schreber” são utilizados para ilustrar esta investigação. A partir desta pesquisa, verificou-se que existem aproximações entre hipocondria e psicose desde a psiquiatria clássica. Philippe Pinel, Willian Cullen, Jules Cotard, Bénedict Augustin Morel, Le Cat e François Boissier de Sauvages já esboçavam esta relação. Para Freud, a hipocondria se manifesta em sensações corpóreas muito penosas e aflitivas, e pode se relacionar com a histeria, a neurose obsessiva e a paranoia. As aproximações entre hipocondria e psicose foram descritas quando Freud elaborou seu trabalho sobre o narcisismo. A hipocondria de Schreber demonstra uma inflação narcísica por apresentar um represamento da libido do eu, o qual delimita uma forma muito peculiar de investimento libidinal. Esta se concentra no órgão, no corpo, expressando um fenômeno corporal psicótico. Os resultados evidenciam ainda a hipocondria como fenômeno elementar e corporal, característico da psicose, que pode anteceder o desencadeamento psicótico. A este respeito, a pesquisa dos pequenos indícios, expressão sugerida por Jacques-Alain Miller, fornece uma orientação para o diagnóstico diferencial e tratamento. Neste sentido, a identificação da hipocondria como um indício pode auxiliar no diagnóstico diferencial: na neurose, apresenta-se como um enigma passível de interpretação, e na psicose, demonstra uma constatação na dimensão do endereçamento.

Ill health, accident and death are themes common to all of Jane Austen's novels. Some illnesses are physical, whereas some of her heroines experience excessive psychological, emotional and spiritual traumas. These references are too numerous to be either coincidental, glossed over or ignored. Austen expressed an interest in the mind/body relationship, believing that illness could be brought upon in certain personalities by the sufferer herself, and it seems that she might have held theories similar to those advocated by Mary Wollstonecraft in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and even have anticipated those on feminine hysteria, and the effects of unconscious motives on behaviour, which were advanced by Freud in works such as The Interpretation of Dreams. This study examines Austen's novels, and the origin and purpose of physical and psychological illness in these, and looks at how Austen uses illness, accident and death, and more particularly how their roles progressively change and develop. For Austen's handling of these common issues appears to vary and to develop in line with the order of composition of her novels. She places increasing emphasis on them, not just to further plot, but also to reflect character change and development. Many of the parents or guardians of Austen's heroines are inadequate. And so Austen's heroines are often deprived of commendable models, left to find their own way, alone and in need of emotional support, to confront their youthful excesses, to work their way through these and to find their own destiny despite their handicaps. Self-improvement is neither pleasant nor easy, especially where one is young, inexperienced and alone. And, where heroines exhibit unhealthy or excessive interests in anything that diverts them from their paths of virtue or usefulness, the correction may frequently be painful. Thus most of the novels are, to a greater or lesser degree, filled with references to both physical and psychological ill health. This thesis examines how Austen used these illnesses, accidents and deaths in the various novels, both in the development of plot, as well as in the development of the character of the heroine in each instance. / English Studies / M.A. (English)