Books by Franco de Masi

Why does someone resolve to take his own life in order to murder other people? What is the state of mind which allows him to commit such a monstrous act? This book explores the mental state that compels certain individuals to perform such murderous and suicidal acts.

Translation of: Lavorare con i pazienti difficili.

Franco De Masi is well known for his psychoanalytic work with patients suffering psychotic illnesses. In this book, he provides the clinician with important perspectives on the origins and development of delusions in psychosis and on the radical differences between delusional and normal or neurotic thought, and how these differences come about.