Across the lifespan
By: edited by Shelley Alhanati, Katina Kostoulas.
Contributors: Alhanati, Shelley.; Kostoulas, Katina Kay, 1953-; Psychoanalytic Center of California.
Series: Primitive mental states -- v. 1
Publisher: Jason Aronson; Jason Aronson, Inc.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Northvale, N.J; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Psychoanalysis.; Personality disorders -- Treatment.
Other titles: Primitive mental states across the lifespan
Notes: "Endorsed by the Psychoanalytic Center of California but ... neither fiscally nor administratively linked to it. Individuals serving on ... [the] Editorial Board comprise a representative sample of members of the Psychoanalytic Center of California."--Notes for contributors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The psychoanalytic fascination with the concept of the "primitive" / James S. Grotstein; title: "Lazarus stand forth" : H.D. encounters Freud / William D. Jeffrey; title: Discussion of "'Lazarus stand forth' ..." / James A. Gooch; title: The use of infant observation training in the treatment of a clinical neonate / Julie Michael McCaig; title: The suction tentacle / Joan Symington; title: Sleep as a way of (mental) life / Parthenope Bion Talamo; title: Further notes on an embryonic state of mind / Judith L. Mitrani; title: Violence and psychic life : deadlocks and working through / Alain Gibeault; title: Under the shadow of the phallus : castration and mental space / Jane Van Buren; title: Primitive group function in the formation of the individual personality / Harold N. Boris; title: Primitive manifestations of narcissism and their relevance in treatment and training situations / Neville Symington; title: Shameful and envious rage / Barnet D. Malin; title: Every parent's nightmare : parental horrific imaginings / Carol A. Francis; title: Book reviews. The claustrum : an investigation of claustrophobic phenomena, by Donald Meltzer / Richard P. Alexander; title: Book review. Wilfred Bion ... by Gérard Bléandonu / Robert Caper.