Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology

Peter Fonagy,Mary Target

Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology
Format
Paperback
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 December 2002
Pages
300
ISBN
9781861562395

Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology

Peter Fonagy,Mary Target

Psychoanalytic theory influenced many facets of twentieth\ncentury culture, and shows every sign of continuing to have an\nimpact in the new century. However, in order to sustain this\ninfluence it has to adapt to the challenges of our current\nintellectual environment. This book attempts to build a bridge\nbetween psychoanalysis and a dominant perspective in modern\npsychiatry and psychology: developmental psychopathology. This\nperspective studies biological, psychological and social influences\nthat act on individuals, shaping their pathways through life. While\npsychoanalytic perspectives are inherently developmental, this is\noften left implicit. This book highlights the developmental bases\nfor psychoanalytic ideas, and examines their assumptions and claims\nin relation to observational and other data gathered within\nneighbouring disciplines. The book reaches back to the work of\nFreud, and covers North American and European ideas including the\nKlein-Bion model, the British Object Relations tradition, the work\nof Kernberg and Kohut as well as modern Relational\nPsychoanalysts.

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