1st Edition

The Mind of the Paedophile Psychoanalytic Perspectives

By Loretta R. Loeb Copyright 2004
    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Mind of the Paedophile discusses one of the most controversial and misunderstood subjects in the psychoanalytic arena today - paedophilia. A variety of treatments and therapies, including brain surgery, electric shock treatment and incarceration, have not succeeded in treating this condition. In this volume, a range of eminent and expert professionals go further: into the mind of the paedophile, using dream interpretation, free association, fantasies and memories, in a bid to comprehend the exact nature; the how, when and why, of paedophilia.

    Series Foreword , Preface , The Mind of the Paedophile , Introduction , A psychoanalytic classification of the paedophilias: two clinical illustrations , Dogman: a prepsychotic paedophile , Juvenile paedophilia: the psychodynamics of an adolescent , The usefulness of self psychology in understanding and treating a case of homosexual paedophilia , Some comments on ritualized paedophilia and the sexual abuse of children , The consequences of child sexual abuse: a brief survey

    Biography

    Loretta R Loeb