Salman Akhtar, Henri Parens

Lying, Cheating, and Carrying On

Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Dishonesty and Deceit

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to help therapists enhance their empathy with patients who are compelled to lie and to provide them with better therapeutic strategies to deal with the clinical dilemmas that arise in working with such children and adults.

Produktdetails

• Margaret S. Mahler
• Verlag: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9780765706027
• ISBN-10: 0765706024
• Artikelnr.: 25690984

Autorenporträt

Salman Akhtar is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Henri Parens is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. Lies, Liars, and Lying: An Introductory Overview Chapter 2 2.
What It Takes to Tell a Lie Chapter 3 3. Developmental Aspects of Lying
Chapter 4 4. Authentication, Imposture, and Malicious Deception Chapter 5
5. Where Does the Truth Lie? Chapter 6 6. Lying and Deceitfulness in
Personality Disorders Chapter 7 7. Dishonesty and Its Detection Chapter 8
8. Sociocultural Perspectives on Dishonesty and Lying Chapter 9 9. Cultures
of Dishonesty: From Hidden Cancers and Concealed Selves to Politics and
Poker Chapter 10 10. Distortion of Truth: From White Lies to Mass Murder