Issue 64 Spring 2017 (Pages 1-13) What Is Anxiety? Barry O’Donnell In his comprehensive and scholarly Hearing Voices, The History of Psychiatry in Ireland Professor Brendan Kelly writes ‘In the early twentieth century, the preeminent intellectual movement of the day, … Continue reading
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Issue 64 Spring 2017 (Pages 15-26) What Do Psychiatrists Mean By Anxiety? Brendan D. Kelly In contemporary psychiatry, the term ‘anxiety disorders’ covers a broad range of conditions including phobias, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder … Continue reading
Issue 64 Spring 2017 (Pages 27-37) On Anxiety And Its Symptom(s) Patricia McCarthy Taking Freud’s 1926 paper Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety as a major reference, Lacan teases out the distinctions between these three terms in the course of his 1962 … Continue reading
Issue 64 Spring 2017 (Pages 39-46) Searching For The Lost Cause FREUD’S FIRST STEPS – (TOWARDS A THEORY OF ANXIETY) Helen Sheehan This paper follows Freud’s first tentative steps towards his understanding of the origins of anxiety. It will deal … Continue reading
Issue 64 Spring 2017 (Pages 47-53) The Object Of Anxiety Guy Le Gaufey I will tackle the question of anxiety from a semiotic viewpoint in so far as Freud, in Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety, presents this affect as a sign … Continue reading
Issue 64 Spring 2017 (Pages 55-64) Morning Discussion PANEL PARTICIPANTS Dr Aisling Campbell (CHAIR): Consultant Psychiatrist, Cork University Hospital and University College Cork (UCC) Dr Mary Cosgrave: Old Age Psychiatrist, Executive Clinical Director for North Dublin Mental Service and St … Continue reading