Peter Fonagy
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| Born | 1952 Budapest, Hungary |
| Residence | London, England |
| Fields | Psychoanalysis, psychiatry |
| Institutions | Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Head of the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London, Chief Executive at the Anna Freud Centre in London, Consultant to the Child and Family Program at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine. |
Peter Fonagy OBE FMedSci FBA (born 1952) is a Hungarian-born British psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist. He studied clinical psychology at University College London. He is Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science and head of the department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London, Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, a training and supervising analyst in the British Psycho-Analytical Society in child and adult analysis, a Fellow of the British Academy, the Faculty of Medical Sciences and a registrant of the BPC. His clinical interests centre on issues of borderline psychopathology, violence and early attachment relationships. His work attempts to integrate empirical research with psychoanalytic theory. He has published numerous articles and has authored or edited 16 books.
Fonagy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to psychoanalysis and clinical psychology. and received the Wiley Prize of the British Academy for Lifetime Achievements
Fonagy received the Otto Weininger Memorial Award for his contributions to the development of contemporary psychoanalysis. To this regard he has helped to improve the dialogue between analysts and cognitive therapists. Fonagy has played and still plays a major role in the evaluation of psychotherapy research. The evaluation of his research is (mostly) based on the effectiveness of treatment. Evaluation of treatment has led to review, recommendations and implications of psychotherapy. Fonagy has offered detailed evidence for the efficacy of psychological interventions of mental disorders and for special populations, including treatment of borderline personality disorder.
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