Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry

<p><em>Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry: Partners and Competitors in the Mental Health Field</em> offers a comprehensive overview of the many links between the two fields. There have long been connections between the two professions but this is the first time the many points of contact have been set out clearly for practitioners from both fields. </p><p>Covering social and cultural factors clinical practice including diagnosis and treatment and looking at teaching and continuing professional development this book features contributions and exchange of ideas from an international group of clinicians from across both professions.</p><p>Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry: Partners and Competitors in the Mental Health Field will appeal to all practicing psychoanalysts and psychiatrists and anyone wanting to draw on the best of both fields in their theoretical understanding and clinical practice.</p>