R. D. Hinshelwood is a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has always had a part-time commitment to the public service (NHS and universities) and to teaching psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. He has written on Kleinian psychoanalysis and on the application of psychoanalysis to social science and political themes. He has taken an interest in and published on the problems of making evidence comparisons between different schools of psychoanalysis.Tomasz Fortuna trained as a psychoanalyst at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the Hanna Segal Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies and the scientific committees of both organisations. He has worked as a psychiatrist for the NHS for over 12 years and currently works at the Portman Clinic, Newham Adolescent Mental Health Team, and is in private psychoanalytic practice. His professional interests include the relationship between psychoanalysis and the arts and the understanding of severe emotional disturbance. He is a guest-editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication.

• INTRODUCTIONPART 1 – New method, new factsChapter 1 – Who was she?Chapter 2 – Where did she start?Chapter 3 – Establishing the fundamentals of psychoanalysisChapter 4 – What is psychic reality?Chapter 5 – An insight into children?Chapter 6 – New discoveries, who says?Conclusions to PART 1PART 2 – The earliest development – Starting at birthChapter 7 – Earlier mechanisms – In and outChapter 8 – Experiences and phantasiesChapter 9 – Who are you? – Ego boundaryChapter 10 – Depressed?Chapter 11 – Repairing and caringConclusions to PART 2PART 3 – How crazy can you get?Chapter 12 -- Splitting of the ego – What destabilises the mind?Chapter 13 -- Annihilation – who's afraid of going to pieces?Chapter 14 -- Paranoid-schizoid positionChapter 15 -- Projective identification; he’s not all thereChapter 16 -- The worst of all vices – envyChapter 17 -- Psychotic reality?Conclusion to PART 3Part 4 – Beyond basics – TruthChapter 18 – Pathological organisations – Who's in the Mafia?Chapter 19 – ContainmentChapter 20 – Thoughts find a thinkerChapter 21 - How does it all apply?Conclusion to PART 4ReferencesGlossary

"If you are looking for a clear and concise introduction to Melanie Klein, this book is for you. It will also be for anyone who wants a succinct overview of Melanie Klein’s contribution to psychoanalysis and her framework of concepts."-In Mind, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

R. D. Hinshelwood is a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has always had a part-time commitment to the public service (NHS and universities) and to teaching psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. He has written on Kleinian psychoanalysis and on the application of psychoanalysis to social science and political themes. He has taken an interest in and published on the problems of making evidence comparisons between different schools of psychoanalysis.Tomasz Fortuna trained as a psychoanalyst at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the Hanna Segal Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies and the scientific committees of both organisations. He has worked as a psychiatrist for the NHS for over 12 years and currently works at the Portman Clinic, Newham Adolescent Mental Health Team, and is in private psychoanalytic practice. His professional interests include the relationship between psychoanalysis and the arts and the understanding of severe emotional disturbance. He is a guest-editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication.

• INTRODUCTIONPART 1 – New method, new factsChapter 1 – Who was she?Chapter 2 – Where did she start?Chapter 3 – Establishing the fundamentals of psychoanalysisChapter 4 – What is psychic reality?Chapter 5 – An insight into children?Chapter 6 – New discoveries, who says?Conclusions to PART 1PART 2 – The earliest development – Starting at birthChapter 7 – Earlier mechanisms – In and outChapter 8 – Experiences and phantasiesChapter 9 – Who are you? – Ego boundaryChapter 10 – Depressed?Chapter 11 – Repairing and caringConclusions to PART 2PART 3 – How crazy can you get?Chapter 12 -- Splitting of the ego – What destabilises the mind?Chapter 13 -- Annihilation – who's afraid of going to pieces?Chapter 14 -- Paranoid-schizoid positionChapter 15 -- Projective identification; he’s not all thereChapter 16 -- The worst of all vices – envyChapter 17 -- Psychotic reality?Conclusion to PART 3Part 4 – Beyond basics – TruthChapter 18 – Pathological organisations – Who's in the Mafia?Chapter 19 – ContainmentChapter 20 – Thoughts find a thinkerChapter 21 - How does it all apply?Conclusion to PART 4ReferencesGlossary

"If you are looking for a clear and concise introduction to Melanie Klein, this book is for you. It will also be for anyone who wants a succinct overview of Melanie Klein’s contribution to psychoanalysis and her framework of concepts."-In Mind, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

R. D. Hinshelwood is a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has always had a part-time commitment to the public service (NHS and universities) and to teaching psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. He has written on Kleinian psychoanalysis and on the application of psychoanalysis to social science and political themes. He has taken an interest in and published on the problems of making evidence comparisons between different schools of psychoanalysis.Tomasz Fortuna trained as a psychoanalyst at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the Hanna Segal Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies and the scientific committees of both organisations. He has worked as a psychiatrist for the NHS for over 12 years and currently works at the Portman Clinic, Newham Adolescent Mental Health Team, and is in private psychoanalytic practice. His professional interests include the relationship between psychoanalysis and the arts and the understanding of severe emotional disturbance. He is a guest-editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication.

• INTRODUCTIONPART 1 – New method, new factsChapter 1 – Who was she?Chapter 2 – Where did she start?Chapter 3 – Establishing the fundamentals of psychoanalysisChapter 4 – What is psychic reality?Chapter 5 – An insight into children?Chapter 6 – New discoveries, who says?Conclusions to PART 1PART 2 – The earliest development – Starting at birthChapter 7 – Earlier mechanisms – In and outChapter 8 – Experiences and phantasiesChapter 9 – Who are you? – Ego boundaryChapter 10 – Depressed?Chapter 11 – Repairing and caringConclusions to PART 2PART 3 – How crazy can you get?Chapter 12 -- Splitting of the ego – What destabilises the mind?Chapter 13 -- Annihilation – who's afraid of going to pieces?Chapter 14 -- Paranoid-schizoid positionChapter 15 -- Projective identification; he’s not all thereChapter 16 -- The worst of all vices – envyChapter 17 -- Psychotic reality?Conclusion to PART 3Part 4 – Beyond basics – TruthChapter 18 – Pathological organisations – Who's in the Mafia?Chapter 19 – ContainmentChapter 20 – Thoughts find a thinkerChapter 21 - How does it all apply?Conclusion to PART 4ReferencesGlossary

"If you are looking for a clear and concise introduction to Melanie Klein, this book is for you. It will also be for anyone who wants a succinct overview of Melanie Klein’s contribution to psychoanalysis and her framework of concepts."-In Mind, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust