Attachment Theory: Social, Developmental, and Clinical Perspectives

At a historic conference in Toronto in October 1993, developmental researchers and clinicians came together for the first time to explore the implications of current knowledge of attachment. This volume is the outcome of their labors. It offers innovative approaches to the understanding of such diverse clinical topics as child abuse, borderline personality disorder, dissociation, adolescent suicide, treatment responsiveness, false memory, narrative competence, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma.

Susan Goldberg, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Chidren, Toronto, and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto.

Roy Muir, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Co-head, Infancy Program, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Toronto.

John Kerr is former Associate Editor of The Analytic Press and author, A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein.