Table of Contents

Vol 1. Editorial note. 1. Mental health care from antiquity to modern times. 2 From Hypnotism to Psychotherapy. 3. The twentieth century and the rooting of psychotherapy. 4. Depth psychology between the World Wars. 5. New Approaches to Psychotherapy Before and After World War II. Vol 2. Editorial note. 6. A middle earth: The fifties. 7. The Outbreak of New Treatment Paradigms in the Face of a Changing Social Climate. 8. The Seventies and Eighties between Social Engagement and Individualism. 9. From the past to the future. Index.

About the Author

Renato Foschi is Professor of History of Psychology and History of Science at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Marco Innamorati is Professor of Dynamic and Developmental Psychology and History and Philosophy of Scientific Concepts at the University of Rome, Italy.