The Organic and the Inner World

Editor : Ronald Doctor, Editor : Richard Lucas

The Organic and the Inner World

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2009
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 138
  • Category :
    Psychoanalysis
  • Catalogue No : 26737
  • ISBN 13 : 9781855756519
  • ISBN 10 : 185575651X

Reviews and Endorsements

'We are moving into a new epoch in which it is becoming possible to scientifically explore the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity and the reciprocal influences of brain and mind, nature and nurture. For those interested, this book is a 'must read'. It contains four brilliant essays with commentaries. Britton is at his best in giving a psychoanalytic and historical perspective; Fonagy and Bateman show how far things have progressed in their chapter on modern understandings of the borderline mind and brain. There are then two fascinating chapters on the unconscious in manic-depression and dementia.'
- Brian Martindale, Honorary President of the European Federation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; Member of the World Psychiatric Association Education Committee

'This is an important book. It addresses an area of crucial significance for both psychoanalysis and psychiatry, namely the relationship between the two and what each can learn from the other. Increasingly, research evidence highlights the extensive nature of this overlap, and texts such as this, with contributions of exceptional quality, are essential in shedding light on such complex terrain.'
- Dr Mathew Patrick, Training and Supervising Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society; Chief Executive, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

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