Main description:

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.

Contents:

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