Originally published in French (Dictionnaire International de la Psychanalyse) in 2002, this expanded three-volume set, edited by neuropsychiatrist and practicing psychoanalyst de Mijolla (founder & president, International Assn. for the History of Psychoanalysis), concentrates on Freudian psychoanalysis, with some emphasis on French thinkers and institutions. More than 450 international practitioners and academics contribute 1,569 signed entries that cover country-by-country histories (for those of us with a burning interest in the development of Freudianism in Peru), psychoanalytic concepts and notions, biographies, and major works. Handy features include a thematic topical outline, a chronology from 1815 to 2004, a bibliography of Freud's works, and a set of translations of technical terms into five European languages. The index is comprehensive, and each article is accompanied by See Also references, a bibliography, and suggestions for further reading. Bottom Line The articles are straightforward and reasonably comprehensible, but there is no material critical of psychoanalysis. There is also no mention of the fact that there has been little qualitative support for Freud's theories and that, indeed, the psychiatric and psychological communities have largely repudiated the strict psychoanalytic approach. University librarians who serve faculty members enamored of Lacanian postmodernism can make them very happy with this work. Otherwise, more general encyclopedias, such as the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (Scribner, 2004) and the Encyclopedia of Psychology (Oxford Univ., 2000), offer a more accurate, if not as extensive, picture of psychoanalysis in the modern world. [This work is also available as an e-book through the Gale Virtual Reference Library.-Ed.]-Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

This book explores the nature and causes of female violence from the perspectives of psychodynamic theory and forensic psychology. This fully updated and expanded second edition explores developments in research and services for violent women. Recent high profile cases of female violence are discussed alongside clinical material and theory. New topics include: the Victoria Climbi‚ Inquiry, the controversy related to the diagnosis of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder in women, and the impact of pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites. New chapters address central clinical issues of working with women who kill and designing therapeutic services for women in secure mental health settings.

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Hanna Segal's work, especially on symbolism, aesthetics, dreams, and the exploration of psychotic thinking, has established her as an outstanding figure in psychanalysis, particularly in psychoanalysis of the Kleinian tradition. In Dream, Phantasy and Art she reworks her ideas on these topics and brings them vividly alive in a new integration which links them afresh to the work of Freud, Klein, and Bion. Throughout the book, the clinical illustrations the author has selected brilliantly spotlight the theory, touching the imagination, and fixing even the most difficult ideas permanently in the reader's mind. In a mutually enhancing relationship, theory and clinical example are combined, and then applied, to create the author's new and original theories of art and aesthetics. As Betty Joseph notes in her foreword, Segal's writing, and in particular this book, does much to enrich psychoanalysis not only because of the clarity and intelligence but also because of the depth and breadth of her interests and her clinical imagination.