title: The real and the researchable: a brief review of the contribution of John Bowlby (1907-1990).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  John Bowlby.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide a broad overview of Bowlby's life and contribution to psychoanalytic theory and to examine his departure from the British school of object relations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review and author's interpretation of material.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bowlby's ideas remain relevant although controversial and merit continued study.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, London. Sgmacdonald@aol.com
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008149:Love; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory