Psychotic States

Dr Herbert Rosenfeld (1909-1986) was born in Germany and came to Britain as a refugee in 1935. An analysand of Melanie Klein, his particular interest in the schizophrenias established him as one of the foremost authorities on the elucidation of psychotic states from a Kleinian perspective.

• Foreword -- Introduction -- Analysis of a Schizophrenic State with Depersonalization (1947) -- Remarks on the Relation of Male Homosexuality to Paranoia, Paranoid Anxiety and Narcissism (1949) -- Note on the Psychopathology of Confusional States in Chronic Schizophrenias (1950) -- Notes on the Psycho-Analysis of the Superego Conflict in an Acute Schizophrenic Patient (1952) -- Transference-Phenomena and Transference-Analysis in an Acute Catatonic Schizophrenic Patient (1952) -- Considerations Regarding the Psycho-Analytic Approach to Acute and Chronic Schizophrenia (1954) -- On Drug Addiction (1960) -- The Superego and the Ego-Ideal (1962) -- Notes on the Psychopathology and Psycho-Analytic Treatment of Schizophrenia (1963) -- On the Psychopathology of Narcissism: A Clinical Approach (1964) -- The Psychopathology of Hypochondriasis (1964) -- An Investigation into the Need of Neurotic and Psychotic Patients to Act out During Analysis (1964) -- The Psychopathology of Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

'His work has the status of a pioneering venture and as such will be of great interest to all those eager to advance our resources in treating and possibly preventing these tragic illnesses'.- J. D Sutherland from the Foreword