In this volume internationally well known experts discuss whether psychoanalysis - with its rich mix of clinical experiences and conceptualizations of early development and symptoms - has something unique to offer through deepening the understanding of children suffering from this and similar developmental disturbances. The contributors consider therapeutic strategies as well as possibilities of early prevention. Surprisingly, psychoanalysts have only during the past few years actively engaged in the on-going and very important controversial discussions on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). There may be many reasons for the increasing interest in this topic over the past few years - for example the dialogue between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology/brain research which opens a fascinating window on an old problem in European culture: the mind-body problem. This exchange also promises to enlarge the understanding of psychic problems probably connected with some neurobiologically-based pathologies, widely assumed to include ADHD.

Contributors: Susan Coates, Claudio Laks Eizirik, Peter Fonagy, Richard C. Friedman, Andre E. Haynal, Rainer Krause, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Linda C. Mayes, Friedemann Pfafin, Anne-Marie Sandler, Sheila Spensley, Sverre Varvin, and Rudi Vermote."Sex has undoubtedly become more complex since Freud s original descriptions, yet in another way it has changed little. It is still there as the primary motor ensuring the survival of our species, the perpetuation of our genetic material. For all mammals the process of reproduction is at the centre of their behavioural systems. For mammals with minds, this is unlikely to be different. Sexual inhibition and dissatisfaction, conflicts and perversions, the sheer intensity of guilt, jealousy, and rage that sexuality entails, are indicators of how central sexual function remains for us. Psychoanalysis cannot shirk its traditional responsibility of casting light into the darkest recesses of our mental existence."--Peter Fonagy"All the contributors to this volume agree that understanding sexuality in its current manifestations, its normalities and pathologies, its relevance to illness and the process of recovery from trauma and failed developments within the therapeutic dyad and other relationships remains a central topic for future psychoanalytic research. Sexuality has to be rediscovered by psychoanalysis as its genuine field of research, which earns a high priority in our everyday clinical practice as well as in theorizing and research."--Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber"

Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical psychotherapy remain an unparalleled source of insights into the unconscious determinants and dimensions of psychological suffering. However, there is a worldwide debate as to the most appropriate ways in which to carry out research into psychopathology and treatment, which remains true to the essence of the discipline. This volume presents the rationales, methods and findings of some of the main empirical studies. The methodological and scientific problems, as well as some sophisticated solutions, are illustrated with concrete research examples. The distinguished authors of this volume share the common aim to bridge the gap between practicing therapists and researchers.

This book brings together cutting-edge expertise from psychoanalysis, psychiatry, neuroscience and social science to shed light on the dark side of chronic depression. Considering different forms of depression on a continuum, the book develops new diagnostical considerations on depression. It includes detailed case studies from clinical psychoanalytical practice, conceptual considerations and historical analyses to current empirical and neurobiological studies on depression. The book is unique in bridging a gap between Anglo-Saxon/German psychoanalysis and French traditions in relation to clinical treatment techniques and conceptualizations of depression and trauma. Chapters present new research on the social, biographical, genetic and neurobiological determinants of severe depressive disorder and explore how these can be differentiated and expanded in the face of new cultural realities as well of new findings particularly in modern neurosciences. The book explores new understanding and discussion of treatment options for depression and will be essential reading for researchers and students in the field of depression and mental health research. It will also enrich the conceptual and clinical knowledge of psychoanalysts and psychotherapy researchers and students.

This book brings together leading international psychoanalysts to discuss what psychoanalysis can offer to people who have experienced trauma, flight, and migration. The four parts of the book cover several elements of this work, including psychoanalytic projects beyond the couch, and collaboration with the UN. Each chapter presents an example of the applications of psychoanalysis with a specific group or in a particular context, from working with refugees in China to understanding the experiences of women who have witnessed political violence in Peru. Psychoanalytic work with Trauma, Flight and Migration provides a compelling exploration of the international contributions made by psychoanalysis. This innovative book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists looking to learn more about working with people who have experienced the impact of traumatic movement or migration.

This book brings together leading international psychoanalysts to discuss what psychoanalysis can offer to people who have experienced trauma, flight, and migration. The four parts of the book cover several elements of this work, including psychoanalytic projects beyond the couch, and collaboration with the UN. Each chapter presents an example of the applications of psychoanalysis with a specific group or in a particular context, from working with refugees in China to understanding the experiences of women who have witnessed political violence in Peru. Psychoanalytic work with Trauma, Flight and Migration provides a compelling exploration of the international contributions made by psychoanalysis. This innovative book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists looking to learn more about working with people who have experienced the impact of traumatic movement or migration.

Outcome Research and the Future of Psychoanalysis explores the connection between outcome studies and important and complex questions of clinical practices, research methodologies, epistemology, and sociological considerations. Presenting the ideas and voices of leading experts in clinical and extra-clinical research in psychoanalysis, the book provides an overview of the state of the art of outcome research, its results and implications. Furthermore, its contributions discuss the basic premises and ideas of outcome research and in which way the contemporary Zeitgeist might shape the future of psychoanalysis. Divided into three parts, the book begins by discussing the scientific basis of psychoanalysis and advances in psychoanalytic thinking as well as the state of the art of psychoanalytic outcome research, critically analyzing so-called evidence-based therapies. Part II of the book contains exemplary research projects that are discussed from a clinical perspective, illustrating the dialogue between researchers and clinicians. Lastly, in Part III, several psychoanalysts review the importance of critical thinking and research in psychoanalytical education. Thought-provoking and expertly written and researched, this book is a useful resource for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of mental health, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis.

The Unconscious explores the critical interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and contemporary cognitive neuroscience. Characterised by Freud as 'the science of the unconscious mind', psychoanalysis has traditionally been viewed as a solely psychological discipline. However recent developments in neuroscience, such as the use of neuroimaging techniques to investigate the working brain, have stimulated and intensified the dialogue between psychoanalysis and these related mental sciences. This book explores the relevance of these discussions for our understanding of unconscious mental processes. Chapters present clinical case studies of unconscious dynamics, alongside theoretical and scientific papers in key areas of current debate and development. These include discussions of the differences between conceptualisations of 'the unconscious' in psychoanalysis and cognitive science, whether the core concepts of psychoanalysis are still plausible in light of recent findings, and how such understandings of the unconscious are still relevant to treating patients in psychotherapy today. These questions are explored by leading interdisciplinary researchers as well as practising psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. This book aims to bridge the gap between psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience, to enable a better understanding of researchers' and clinicians' engagements with the key topic of the unconscious. It will be of key interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis, cognitive science, neuroscience and traumatology. It will also appeal to practising psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and clinicians.

Interdisciplinary studies from the fields of embodied cognitive science, epigenetics, and cognitive neuroscience offer challenging explanations of the functions in the analyst's mind which might allow him to create spontaneous associations through which he unconsciously 'understands' the traumatic, embodied experiences of the patient. As the clinical examples presented in this book suggest, it is the continuous observation in clinical situations - as well as the development of a holding and containing analytic relationship in long psychoanalyses - which finally allow the psychoanalyst and his patient to dare to re-experience the trauma (or other threatening infantile conflicts) directly in the transference. These processes open the doors for an increasingly detailed understanding of the traumatic material in the enactments and other forms of 'embodied memories' of the analysand in the transference, and to initiate a process of working through. In this book challenging epistemological and methodological questions are connected throughout with the interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and modern neurosciences.

This book looks at dreams from a 21st century perspective. Taking inspiration from Freud 's insights, the contributors pursue psychoanalytic interest into both neuroscience and the modern psychoanalytic consulting room. The chapters cover laboratory research on dreaming alongside the modern clinical use of dreams and link together clinical and empirical research integrating classical ideas with the plurality of psychoanalytic theoretical constructs available to modern researchers. Dreams are created and psychoanalysts writing about dreams have traditionally represented the cutting edge of clinical and theoretical development. This book is no exception to this and many of the contributions, as well as the epistemological positions taken by the writers, represent a kind of radical openness to new ways of thinking about the clinical situation and about theory, which will be necessary for psychoanalysis as a discipline in the coming years. In line with the ambition of the editors of the volume, the book represents an integration of theories and disciplines, which creates the scientific context for modern psychoanalysis. Linking clinical research to extra-clinical research via the royal road of dreaming runs through all the contributions which cover dreaming as it sheds light on clinical conditions such as depression, trauma or dreams as they form a core aspect of clinical work, be that as a co-construction or as shared play between therapist and patients. The book provides insight through dreams to understand mental function in all clinical situations and across all conditions.

Interdisciplinary studies from the fields of embodied cognitive science, epigenetics, and cognitive neuroscience offer challenging explanations of the functions in the analyst's mind which might allow him to create spontaneous associations through which he unconsciously 'understands' the traumatic, embodied experiences of the patient. As the clinical examples presented in this book suggest, it is the continuous observation in clinical situations - as well as the development of a holding and containing analytic relationship in long psychoanalyses - which finally allow the psychoanalyst and his patient to dare to re-experience the trauma (or other threatening infantile conflicts) directly in the transference. These processes open the doors for an increasingly detailed understanding of the traumatic material in the enactments and other forms of 'embodied memories' of the analysand in the transference, and to initiate a process of working through. In this book challenging epistemological and methodological questions are connected throughout with the interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and modern neurosciences.

In this volume internationally well known experts discuss whether psychoanalysis - with its rich mix of clinical experiences and conceptualizations of early development and symptoms - has something unique to offer through deepening the understanding of children suffering from this and similar developmental disturbances. The contributors consider therapeutic strategies as well as possibilities of early prevention. Surprisingly, psychoanalysts have only during the past few years actively engaged in the on-going and very important controversial discussions on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). There may be many reasons for the increasing interest in this topic over the past few years - for example the dialogue between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology/brain research which opens a fascinating window on an old problem in European culture: the mind-body problem. This exchange also promises to enlarge the understanding of psychic problems probably connected with some neurobiologically-based pathologies, widely assumed to include ADHD.

While Freud opened the door on the formative and motivating power of sexuality, contemporary psychoanalysts, with some notable exceptions, have consigned sexuality to the psychoanalytic closet. This book not only re-opens the door on the broad subject of psychosexuality, but also provides fresh insights into heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, gender identity disorder, transvestism and transsexualism. This publication brings together some of the leading psychoanalytic authorities from around the globe to consider in depth the complex interweaving of identity, gender and sexuality from theoretical, clinical, historical and research perspectives. The author strongly recommends "Identity, Gender and Sexuality" to those looking for a book that does not pull punches. The reader will find a debate about the relative merits of clinical, empirical, and conceptual research, critical assessments of interdisciplinary findings from infant and child development research, embodied cognitive science, academic psychology, neurobiology, genetics, ethology, and other fields of inquiry, and honest and illuminating psychoanalytic case studies. - Donald Campbell

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Outcome Research and the Future of Psychoanalysis explores the connection between outcome studies and important and complex questions of clinical practices, research methodologies, epistemology, and sociological considerations. Presenting the ideas and voices of leading experts in clinical and extra-clinical research in psychoanalysis, the book provides an overview of the state of the art of outcome research, its results and implications. Furthermore, its contributions discuss the basic premises and ideas of outcome research and in which way the contemporary Zeitgeist might shape the future of psychoanalysis. Divided into three parts, the book begins by discussing the scientific basis of psychoanalysis and advances in psychoanalytic thinking as well as the state of the art of psychoanalytic outcome research, critically analyzing so-called evidence-based therapies. Part II of the book contains exemplary research projects that are discussed from a clinical perspective, illustrating the dialogue between researchers and clinicians. Lastly, in Part III, several psychoanalysts review the importance of critical thinking and research in psychoanalytical education. Thought-provoking and expertly written and researched, this book is a useful resource for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of mental health, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis.

In psychoanalysis as in most other fields of science, English is the in ternationallanguage. Not being a native speaker of English, one is confronted with much higher barriers when communicating clinical observations and theoretical reflections. Thus, in the early 1960s, Ulrich Moser raised (in German ) some fundamental questions con cerning the methods, theories, and philosophy of science of psycho analysis, questions that became a topic of discussion in the English speaking psychoanalytic community more than a decade later (see, e. g., the "theory crisis" in psychoanalysis). Now, three of us, who pre viously worked at Moser's institute in Zurich, have decided to dedi cate this English book on psychoanalytic research to Ulrich Moser, supplementing the collection of papers now being published by him and Ilka von Zeppelin. This is not only intended to be an acknowl edgement of his achievements in psychoanalytic thought but also an illustration of the kind of interdisciplinary research that he directly or indirectly initiated, both in clinical psychoanalysis (part I of the book) and in empirical psychotherapy research (part II). In working on this project we ourselves encountered the language barrier mentioned above. Without the competent, careful, and friend ly help of Mrs. Katharina Goodwin, a translator who was willing to embark on the adventure of entering into a new field of thought and translated most of our German manuscripts, this book could not have been published. Dr."

The Unconscious explores the critical interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and contemporary cognitive neuroscience. Characterised by Freud as 'the science of the unconscious mind', psychoanalysis has traditionally been viewed as a solely psychological discipline. However recent developments in neuroscience, such as the use of neuroimaging techniques to investigate the working brain, have stimulated and intensified the dialogue between psychoanalysis and these related mental sciences. This book explores the relevance of these discussions for our understanding of unconscious mental processes. Chapters present clinical case studies of unconscious dynamics, alongside theoretical and scientific papers in key areas of current debate and development. These include discussions of the differences between conceptualisations of 'the unconscious' in psychoanalysis and cognitive science, whether the core concepts of psychoanalysis are still plausible in light of recent findings, and how such understandings of the unconscious are still relevant to treating patients in psychotherapy today. These questions are explored by leading interdisciplinary researchers as well as practising psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. This book aims to bridge the gap between psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience, to enable a better understanding of researchers' and clinicians' engagements with the key topic of the unconscious. It will be of key interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis, cognitive science, neuroscience and traumatology. It will also appeal to practising psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and clinicians.

Heutige - spatmoderne - Beziehungen sind oft durch neue Freiraume einerseits, aber auch durch neue Verunsicherungen und Entwurzelungen charakterisiert. Aus psychoanalytischer Sicht werden damit vermehrt Entwicklungschancen eroeffnet, eine flexible und befriedigende Geschlechtsidentitat als Frau und Mann auszubilden, die allerdings mit hohen innerseelischen Anforderungen verbunden sind und haufig scheitern. Diese Problematik wird im erstenTeil des Buches aus historischer, gesellschaftskritischer und klinischer Sicht beleuchtet. Im zweiten Teil dienen literarische Topoi als Ausgangspunkt einer vertieften Reflexion einzelner Aspekte der geschlechtsspezifischen Identitatsbildung und des Verhaltnisses zwischen den Geschlechtern. Dabei reicht das Spektrum - ausgehend von vier weiblichen Charakteren der Antike (Sappho von Lesbos, Antigone, Medea und Elektra) von UEberlegungen zur Liebeslust, von Destruktion und narzisstischer Wut bis hin zu psychogenen Stoerungen der Generativitat und umschliesst - anhand von moderner Literatur (Robert Musil, Thomas Mann, Janvier Marias) - Themen der inzestuoesen Liebe, des nationalsozialistischen Mannlichkeitswahns sowie der Unwagbarkeiten moderner Liebesbeziehungen.

Einmal mehr ist die Psychoanalyse Gegenstand oeffentlicher Auseinandersetzungen. In diesem Band wird u. a. die These vertreten, dass der Angriff auf diese Wissenschaft des Unbewussten keineswegs zufallig ist, sondern in Zusammenhang mit einem Wiederaufleben konservativer und gegenaufklarerischer Tendenzen in den letzten Jahren steht, sowohl in europaischen Landern als auch in den USA. Im Sinne einer in der psychoanalytischen Community wohl oft vernachlassigten OEffentlichkeitsarbeit wird nach einem Beitrag zur Geschichte der Psychoanalyse ein breiter Einblick sowohl in die klinische Tatigkeit heutiger Psychoanalytiker als auch in ihre entwicklungspsychologischen und kulturtheoretischen Arbeiten gegeben.

Identitatsbildung und Identitatskonflikte stehen im Zentrum der spatadoleszenten Entwicklung und werden durch das Spannungsfeld von Innen und Aussen, Individuum und Gesellschaft, Phantasie und Realitat determiniert. Im ersten Teil des Buches befassen sich namhafte Psychoanalytiker aus Deutschland, der Schweiz, Holland, Israel und den USA in klinischen und kulturtheoretischen Beitragen mit diesem in der psychoanalytischen Fachliteratur bislang vernachlassigten Thema. Im zweiten Teil werden die Ergebnisse eines mehrjahrigen Forschungsprojektes, in dem Entwicklungsprozesse bei Studierenden wahrend der letzten zwanzig Jahre psychoanalytisch und sozialpsychologisch untersucht wurden, kritisch zusammengefasst."

Diese inhaltsanalytische Untersuchung der Veranderung kognitiver Prozesse in Psychoanalysen wird als Versuch einer empirischen Annaherung an psychoanalytische Prozesse verstanden. Sie soll komplexe psychoanalytische Phanomene auch fur "Dritte", Nichtpsychoanalytiker, beobachtbar, nachvollziehbar und kritisierbar zu machen, um die Psychoanalyse wieder vermehrt dem interdisziplinaren Dialog zu offnen. Daher werden die Daten, das methodische Vorgehen, die statistischen Prufverfahren wie auch die einzelnen Interpretationsschritte detaillierter als in vielen Publikationen empirischer Untersuchungen geschildert, um eine moglichst grosse Transparenz zu erzielen. Die vielen inhaltsanalytischen Detailergebnisse der Untersuchung der funf Psychoanalysen werden im Sinne der Indikatorenforschung integrativ, gestalthaft und theoriegeleitet, d.h. bezugnehmend auf ein nichtpsychoanalytisches Kognitionsmodell, das in der Cognitive Science entwickelt wurde, interpretiert. Das Buch richtet sich nicht nur an Psychotherapieforscher, sondern auch an klinisch interessierte Psychologen.

Die Diskussion urn ein adaquates Forschen in der Psychoana- lyse hat noch nichts an Aktualitat und Brisanz eingebUBt, obwohl besonders seit Anfang der siebziger Jahre die Zahl der wissenschaftstheoretischen Publikationen zu diesem Thema wieder sprunghaft gestiegen ist. Dies steht u. a. in Zusammenhang mit dem Faktum, daB sich die Psychoanalyse jeder eindeutigen Zuschreibung zu einer wissenschaftlichen Disziplin mit deren wertenden und methodologischen Konnota- tionen widersetzt - sie ist eine Wissenschaft z w i s hen c den Wissenschaften, zwischen Natur und Geisteswissenschaft, zwischen Biologie und Sozialwissenschaft, zwischen Medizin und Kulturtheorie, zwischen Hermeneutik und nomologischer Wissenschaft. Dieser Schwebecharakter der Psychoanalyse (Lorenzer 1985) mit seinen klinischen und wissenschafts- theoretischen Implikationen ist eine Ursache vieler ideo- logischer und berufspolitischer Kontroversen und deren Manifestationen in Spaltungsphanomenen innerhalb der psy- choanalytischen Geschichte. Vor diesem Horizont sehe ich zwischenzeitlich auch die Spaltungen, die sich Mitte der siebziger Jahre am ZUrcher Psychoanalytischen Seminar vollzogen und mit deren Vor- geschichte und Auswirkungen ich mich immer wieder kritisch auseinandersetze. Als damalige Assistentin an der Abtei- lung fUr Klinische Psychologie der Universitat ZUrich und als Mitglied des Psychoanalytischen Seminars wurde es mir zum Anliegen, in meiner Auffassung von Psychoanalyse eine empirisch-klinische Psychoanalyse-Forschung und ein kul- turtheoretisch bestimmtes Verstandnis von Psychoanalyse zusammenzubringen, was sich u. a. in komplexen methodolo- gischen Reflexionen in meiner Dissertation manifestierte.

Seit es die Psychoanalytische Kurztherapie gibt, ist sie Gegenstand hefti- ger Diskussionen und Auseinandersetzungen. Viele Psychoanalytiker betrach- ten es auch heute noch als eine Paradoxie, einen psychoana1ytischen ProzeB zum vornherein zeitlich limitieren zu wollen. Andere hingegen sehen gerade in diesem Setting die Chance, spezielle Themen wie Zeit, Trennung und Tod optimal psychoanalytisch bearbeiten zu konnen. - Von den einen als Maglich- keit gepriesen, endlich psychoanalytisches Wissen und therapeutische Erfah- rungen breiteren, weniger privilegierten Bevolkerungskreisen zuganglich zu machen, wird die Psychoanalytische Kruztherapie von anderen angeprangert, sie "verrate" die Substanz der Psychoanalyse und opfere den sie auszeich- nenden Erkenntnisanspruch einem "nur" therapeutischen Anliegen. Diese und andere Widerspruche werden vor allem fur jungere Psychoanalyti- ker relevant, die versuchen, in Institutionen psychoanalytisch zu arbeiten., In den meisten Institutionen ist es nicht moglich, "groBe Analysen" (3-5 wochentliche Sitzungen mit dem gleichen Patienten) durchzufuhren. I. d. R. schreiben die Rahmenbedingungen zeitlich limitierte Therapieverfahren fest. Diese insititutionelle Situation weckt daher oft ein starkes Interesse an allen Formen der Psychoanalytischen Kurztherapie. In dies em Band berichten verschiedene Teams von Psychoanalytikern uber ihre Tatigkeit in Institutionen wie Beratungsstellen, Psychiatrischen und Medizinischen Kliniken, einer Krisenberatungsstelle, einer Child Guidance Clinic und einer Frauenberatungsstelle. Diese Auswahl ist sicher nicht ganz reprasentativ fur die Breite des Spektrums von Institutionen, in denen Psychoanalytiker arbeiten. Dennoch kann aber ein Eindruck von der Vielfalt der Anwendbarkeit von Psychoanalytischen Kurztherapien, ihren Konzepten und den damit verbundenen klinischen und institutionellen Problemen vermittelt werden (detaillierte iibersicht uber die einzelnen Beitrage: vgl. 7. der Einfuhrung (I) ).