The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis (A Henry Holt Reference Book)

The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychoanalysis is the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume reference work dealing with psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis ever published. Containing over 800 articles written by a wide range of eminent academics and practitioners from related fields, this work is certain to become the standard single-volume reference work in these fields. The book is derived from the 13-volume International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Neurology, a winner of the American Library Association's prestigious Dartmouth Medal for reference works of outstanding quality and significance. For this abridged edition presenting 'the best of the best' of the original set, all the articles and bibliographies have been revised and fully updated. These changes, together with a number of entirely new articles, bring the book firmly into the 1990s. The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychoanalysis will be the reference choice for students, researchers, academics and practitioners at every level. Derived from the magisterial twelve-volume encyclopedia, this abridged, revised, and updated edition presents the "best of the best" of the original set, along with new entries, judicious updates and revisions, and a new bibliography - all of which bring the book into the 1990s. The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis retains the eminence, importance, and format (A to Z) of the original encyclopedia and at the same time offers a new generation of readers (as well as readers of the original encyclopedia) a concise but authoritative synthesis of the most significant advancements in the field over the past twenty years. A comprehensive single-volume reference work on the fields of psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis. This book is derived from the 13-volume "International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychoanalysis and Neurology", winner of the American Library Association's Dartmouth Medal.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award

"...this abridged version of the original twelve-volume encylopedia presents the original's `bestt of the best' along with revised and new entries"

Front Matter....Pages i-xx Entries....Pages 1-606 Back Matter....Pages 607-649