Raymond Cahn

The End of the Couch ?

Why do psychoanalysts refuse to review their methods, while simultaneously recognising that life-styles have evolved and that new pathologies have come into existence? Why, for example, do they remain devoted to the psychoanalyst’s couch, while realising that certain “cures” are at a dead-end? This is a controversial work on the challenges facing psychoanalysis — a field that had its hour of glory in the 1960s but has since been somewhat discredited. Raymond Cahn is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

Jacques Friedel

A Family of Scientists

Sylvie Schweitzer

Women Have Always Worked A History of Working Women in the 19th Century

For women, the victory of recent years is one of empowerment in their professional lives: they now have the means to compete with men in every field. Yet society’s traditional image of what is a male or female profession remains very powerful. In 2001, French women had managed to enter professions that were previously practically closed to them but French men are still reluctant to enter traditionally female professions. This book reviews two centuries of women’s work. It shows that women have always worked — but not everywhere. Women’s access to increasingly “prized” jobs goes hand in hand with economic and global development.

Élie Hantouche

Recognising and Treating Bipolar and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Bruno Frachet, Émilie Vormès

Guide to Hearing

Florence Chaltiel

Birth of a European People

Richard E. Tremblay

Youth Violence

Marie-Frédérique Bacqué, François Baillet

Coping With Cancer

This book will help readers understand cancer's dual physical and psychological impact.