Psychotic States in Children

Maria Rhode is Emeritus Professor of Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London. Margaret Rustin is a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and an Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has pioneered and supported the extension of training in psychoanalytic observational approaches to training across the United Kingdom and in a number of other countries.

'This is a remarkable work. Its clinical clarity will allow any therapist in contact with psychotic children to "recognise" himself or herself in the situations described and to understand the psychic processes involved, and it covers every aspect of the material setting. This is a fine and important book.'- The International Journal of Psychoanalysis'This is a clinically rich book, especially moving in the intimate sense conveyed by prolonged, deep, shaping encounters. These papers bring considerable understanding to bear and at the same time communicate a sense of the full weight and shock of these often immensely difficult contacts.'- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy'Each paper of this work is uniquely illuminating. The discussion of theory and the linking of developmental psychology and classical theory with stress on the importance of research is timely. Most of all, the clinical pictures are unforgettable.'- The Journal of Child Psychotherapy

• EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION /David Scharff -- ARTICLES -- Xie Yi Painting: A Chinese Cultural Therapy /Richard Wu -- A Contribution to the Psychodynamics of Tolerance /Tomas Plänkers -- Psychoanalysis and the Understanding of Chinese Life Experience /Alf Gerlach -- Creativity and Transformation of the Psyche: Expressive Image Therapy /Cai Chenghou -- A Commentary on Cai Chenghou’s “Creativity and Transformation of the Psyche” /Marta Tibaldi -- What are the Characteristics and Concerns of High and Low Raters of Psychodynamic Treatment to Chinese Students Over VCON? /Robert M. Gordon, Jane Tune, and Xiubing Wang -- Mother, Infant, and Woman’s Identity /Jun Tong -- Interview of Sverre Varvin /Jia Xiao-Ming -- BOOK REVIEWS -- Book Essay: A Bridge for Introducing Psychoanalysis to China. Five Concepts Proposed to Psychoanalysis by François Jullien Reviewed by Almatea Usuelli -- Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by David J. Morris Reviewed by Sverre Varvin -- When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Schizophrenia by Christopher Bollas Reviewed by Ronald Abramson -- THEATRE REVIEW -- Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood Reviewed by David Scharff -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF REVIEWERS -- INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS.