Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review

Aims & Scope

The principal aim of The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review is to publish articles of the highest quality and relevance to serve researchers and clinicians interested in psychoanalysis, and to reflect the development of psychoanalysis both internationally and in Scandinavia.

Communicating clinical experience to a broader audience has always been a challenge for the psychoanalytical research community.

It is the aim of the Editors of The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review is to facilitate this process.

The Editors therefore welcome articles that from a clinical point of departure evolve thoughts as well as viewpoints with a common interest.

Articles aiming at enriching our understanding of cultural phenomena, like literature and art, by means of psychoanalytic models or reasoning are therefore welcome.

Precisely such a span of interest has been the hallmark of psychoanalysis ever since the time of Freud, and it makes up the scope of The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Depression and reparation as themes in Melanie Klein' analysis of the painter Ruth Weber

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Ole Andkjaer

• Dealing with Object Loss

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Veikko

• The Origin of Shame and its Vicissitudes

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Pentti, Eero

• Psychoanalytic Treatment as a Developmental Continuum: Considerations of Disturbed Structuralization and Its Phase-Specific Encounter

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Veikko

• THE VICISSITUDES OF THANATOS

  Citation: 23

  Authors: PENTTI, EERO

• To become or be made a psychoanalyst

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Imre

• The Restitution of Primary Identification Psychoanalysis

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Simo

• A plea for affirmation Relating to states of unmentalised affects

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Bjørn

• PSYCHOTHERAPY AS PHASE-SPECIFIC INTERACTION

  Citation: 18

  Authors: VEIKKO

• Supervision—a complex tool for psychoanalytic training

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Imre