No uniformity of opinion exists in the psychoanalytic world on the subject of psychosis. It is also true to say that hardly any field has attracted more attention. The present book is written from the Kleinian perspective. It is based on extensive clinical experience, much of it in a hospital setting. The authors, however, are no strangers to different theoretical views and call attention to some of these in their references. Readers of whatever school will find this an engaging and stimulating work.