This is a paperback reprint of the 2002 edition. Fonagy (psychoanalysis, clinical health psychology, U. College London) and colleagues from the US and Europe stress the importance of social development rather than the "geneticization" of behavior to understanding and treating psychopathology. In a research-based reformulation of attachment theory, they regard early experience as a key moderator of mental states. Clinical examples illustrate their theoretical and developmental perspectives on the self-reflective and interpersonal components of "mentalized affectivity." Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
