Violent Attachments

by J. Reid Meloy and Reid J. Meloy

Book Overview

This book is written for psychotherapists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and social workers in clinical or forensic practice. Biological foci include concepts about the deep limbic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876685378
• ISBN13: 9780876685372
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Another Meloy Classic.

This is another classic by Meloy which should be indispensable to both the student and student of life. I really found this book compelling and understandeable. Very interesting. I have a website about psychopathy, so this came in quite handy.

Worth the money!

This book is excellent and well worth the money. I borrowed it from the library, renewed it and then decided that it was good enough to purchase. It gives a very comprehensive understanding of the psychology behind violent relationships. It examines stalking and erotomania, women who are attracted to violent men, and cases of, what at first appears to be, unpredictible, explosive murder. It also confirmed, what I have found in my work, and that is that there are cases of nondelusional erotomania. This book is rather technical and I'm sure it is more easily read with a background in psychology. Additionally, some of the cases are extremely graphic. For anyone who is involved in forensic psychology or psychiatry, or deals with stalking situations, I would highly recommend this as a way to gain greater understanding of the psychodynamics behind the violent behaviors.