Alain de Mijolla

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Alain de Mijolla (born 1933) is a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Mijolla was analyzed by Conrad Stein and Denise Brauschweig. He became a psychoanalyst in the Societe Psychoanalytique de Paris in 1968. He has written numerous works, as well as editing psychoanalytical collections at several publishers, including the ' International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis...This magisterial work consists of three beautifully printed volumes'.^[1] He also created and chaired the International Association of History of the Psychoanalysis (AIHP)^[2]

Articles

In his article "Freud and the Psychoanalytic Situation on the Screen", 'Dr Alain de Mijolla points out that it is nearly impossible to represent the "psychoanalytic situation"...in a film'.^[3] 'In his paper on identification and family prehistory (1987)', de Mijolla highlights the way that, 'identifying with his prestigious grandfather, Sigmund Freud developed intense creativity'.^[4]

References

• International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis 3 vol.. Edited by Alain de Mijolla, MacMillan Reference Books, . ISBN 0-02-865924-4

1. ^ Salman Akhtar, Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (London 2009) p. 314
2. ^ International Association of History of the Psychoanalysis
3. ^ Janet Bergstrom, Endless Night (California 1999) p. 6
4. ^ L. J. Kalinich/S. W. Taylor, The Dead Father (2008) p. 111