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The Rivista di Psicoanalisi is the official journal of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society: it was founded by Edoardo Weiss, and the first number appeared in 1932. Shut down during the Fascist years, it resumed publication in 1954-5 without further interruptions.

The objective of the Rivista is to provide a continual update on topics of psychoanalytic research and to extend its readers’ literary panorama into the international field by featuring contributions from foreign authors. Readers are offered the most up to date and significant contributions to psychoanalysis in the Freudian tradition, with close attention being paid to current developments in theoretical thinking and contemporary clinical practice, both in relation to the psychoanalysis of adults and of children and adolescents. It is published quarterly and is organised into distinct sections.

One section is devoted to original works of a theoretical-clinical character. The articles, by both Italian and foreign authors, are submitted to a process of peer-review (see the rules for peer-review) before being published.

The other sections of the Journal are: "Historical-Critical Notes", featuring reflections on the history, evolution, and current relevance of psychoanalytic thought; "Intersections", with discussions of clinical material aimed at highlighting various therapeutic factors implicit in the treatment; "Research and Method", presenting research in the field of psychoanalysis; "Open Dialogues", focusing on the interaction between psychoanalysis and other disciplines (such as art, literature, anthropology, etc.), as well as between psychoanalysis and psychiatry. Each issue includes the sections "Reviews", dedicated to new books and texts of scientific interest, and "Chronicles", which keeps readers up to date on major conferences and events both in Italy and abroad. In some years, a monographic issue may be published, dedicated to a specific theme.

Each year a selection of the most significant work published during the previous year comes out in English with the aim of fostering the reading of Italian work by foreign colleagues.