Psychopathology

The latest addition to the Library of Analytical Psychology is an outstanding collection of papers written by Jungian analysts from different schools of analytical psychology on various aspects of psychopathology. The subjects covered include depression anorexia schizoid personality narcissistic personality disorder mania psychosis paranoia masochism fetishism transvestism perversion marital dysfunction survivor syndrome and old age. The book is intended to appeal beyond the Jungian community and the editor’s introductory remarks which precede each paper highlight (and where necessary explain) concepts and attitudes which seem special to analytical psychology. In this way as with Andrew Samuels’ previous edited volume The Father: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives psychoanalytically and eclectically orientated practitioners can make full use of this book. The papers in this volume contain a wealth of clinical knowledge – pragmatic flexible disposable but above all rooted in what actually happens in analysis.