<P>For three decades Jeremy Holmes has been a leading figure in psychodynamic psychiatry in the UK and across the world. He has played a central role in promoting the ideas of John Bowlby and in developing the clinical applications - psychiatric and psychotherapeutic - of Attachment Theory in working with adults. Drawing on both psychoanalytic and attachment ideas, Holmes has been able to encompass a truly biopsychosocial<B> </B>perspective. As a psychotherapist Holmes brings together psychodynamic, systemic and cognitive models, alert to vital differences, but also keenly sensitive to overlaps and parallels.</P>
<P>This volume of selected papers brings together the astonishing range of Holmes' interests and contributions. The various sections in the book cover:</P>
<P>An extended interview - covering Holmes' career and philosophy as a psychodynamic psychiatrist</P>
<P>'Juvenilia' - sibling relationships, the psychology of nuclear weapons, and the psychodynamics of surgical intervention.</P>
<P>Psychodynamic psychiatry:　Integrative and Attachment-Informed</P>
<P>A psychotherapy section in<B> </B>which he develops his model of psychotherapeutic change</P>
<P>'Heroes' - biographical pieces about the major influences including, John Bowlby, Michael Balint, David</P>
<P>Malan, Jonathan Pedder and Charles Rycroft.</P>
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<P>'Ephemera' - brief pieces covering such topics as frequency of psychodynamic sessions and fees.</P>
<P><B><I>Attachments: Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis - The Selected Works of Jeremy Holmes</B></I>　will be essential and illuminating reading for practitioners and students of psychiatry and psychotherapy in all its guises.</P>