On the Early Development of Mind

On the Early Development of Mind by Edward Glover covers a period of thirty years in which he gathered together and annotated his various contributions to this most obscure of all psychoanalytical themes. He approaches mind from various angles, in particular the vicissitudes of the libido, of ego-formation, and of the emotions. The work is offered in chronological order and with unabashed changes to enhance readability. His clinical studies are orientated from the same angles and he deals, inter alia, with the developmental aspects of normal and disordered character, alcoholism, drug addiction, perversions, obsessional neuroses, and psychoses. Of out standing significance are his papers on the psychoanalytical classification of mental disorders, on the nature of reality sense, and on the 'functional' aspects of the mental apparatus. Glover was well aware of the dangers of uncontrolled, abstract theorizing, and several of his later essays exhibit an unflinching resolution to apply the strictest scientific standards not only in the regulation of research and the control of technique, but also in the teaching and the training of psychoanalysts. The book represents a remarkable achievement indispensable to the psychoanalytical student, the psychiatrist, and all who wish to ground themselves in the principles and history of psychoanalysis.

Table of Contents:
PrefaceI The Significance of the Mouth in Psycho-AnalysisII Notes on Oral Character FormationIII The Neurotic CharacterIV Freud's Theory of Inhibition, Symptomformation and AnxietyV The Etiology of AlcoholismVI The Psychology of the PsychotherapeutistVII The 'Screening' Function of Traumatic MemoriesVIII Grades of Ego-DifferentiationIX An Introduction to the Study of Psycho-Analytical TheoryX Sublimation, Substitution and Social AnxietyXI A Psycho-Analytical Approach to the Classification of Mental DisordersXII On the Etiology of Drug-AddictionXIII The Relation of Perversion-Formation to the Development of Reality-SenseXIV Medico-Psychological Aspects of NormalityXV The Application of Psycho-Analytic Principles in PsychiatryXVI A Developmental Study of the Obsessional NeurosesXVII Unconscious Functions of EducationXVIII A Note on IdealizationXIX The Psycho-Analysis of AffectsXX The Concept of DissociationXXI Psychology and the PublicXXII The Future Development of Psycho-AnalysisXXIII The Position of Psycho-Analysis in Great BritainXXIV Functional Aspects of the Mental ApparatusXXV On the Desirability of Isolating a 'Functional' (psychosomatic) Group of Delinquent DisordersXXVI Research Methods in Psycho-AnalysisXXVII The Indications for Psycho-AnalysisXXVIII The Frontiers of Psycho-AnalysisAppendix. Edward Glover: BibliographyIndex of AuthorsSubject Index