Christophe Dejours is a former hospital practitioner in psychiatry, a psychoanalyst, and Professor of the Chair of Psychoanalysis, Health and Work at France’s Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts). He is also a member of the Association Psychanalytique de France and the Institut de Psychosomatique de Paris (the Paris Psychosomatic Institute)
This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation... (more)