Publisher's Synopsis
In examining both the scientific and clinical aspects of "psychobiological states" - the formative states that interpenetrate the domain of the body as well as the mind - this collection supports its editor's contention that "the time is right for a rapprochement between psychoanalysis and neurobiology." The multidisciplinary approach of these essays, including notable contributions from James Grotstein and Michael Paul, reaffirms the fruitfulness of this integration. It enables the construction of an entirely new paradigm for the study of primitive mental states - one that permits the detailed examination of disorganized psychological processes as well as more healthy and desirable ones.
