Published Books & Articles

Books

The Mind of Watergate, 1980

Rangell explored the public pathology, which he termed "the Nixon syndrome," that he saw as leading to corruption and the loss of integrity.

My Life in Theory, 2004

In this summary work, Dr. Rangell fuses the many fragmented theoretical divisions of his field into a unitary theory of psychoanalysis.

The Road to Unity in Psychoanalytic Theory, 2006

Rangell developed a composite theory of psychoanalysis, uniting the fragmented schools of thought and addressing the controversies.

Music in the Head: Living at the Brain-Mind Border, 2009

Rangell discusses the musicial hallucinations he began to experience daily following surgery in 1995.

Articles

A Treatment of Nightmares in a Seven-Year-Old Boy

An early clinical paper

Analysis of a Doll Phobia

Rangell's first prize-winning paper published in 1952.

The Psychology of Poise

Rangell's second prize-winning paper published in 1954.

One of Rangell's earliest and most cited articles from the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, October 1954.

The Nature of Conversion

Rangell's most cited paper is this essay on conversion, which appeared in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association in October, 1959.

The Scope of Intrapsychic Conflict: Microscopic and Macroscopic Considerations

Based on a talk on "The Significance of Intrapsychic Conflict," presented at the fall meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, December 8, 1962. Published in the 1963 volume of the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child.

On Friendship

"For life's bright and dark periods are determined, in the long run, not from the height of the intense love peaks but from the level of the baseline, the likes rather than the loves."

The Future of Psychoanalysis: The Scientific Crossroads

Rangell contemplates the future of his field.

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