W. R. Bion's Theories of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction by Annie Reiner, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2023, 84 pp
Am J Psychoanal. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1057/s11231-023-09414-w. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37479772 | DOI:10.1057/s11231-023-09414-w (Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis)
Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Oelsner Source Type: research
Projective Identification: A Contemporary Introduction by Robert Waska, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2022, 121 pp
Am J Psychoanal. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1057/s11231-023-09415-9. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37479773 | DOI:10.1057/s11231-023-09415-9 (Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis)
Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fred Rozendal Source Type: research
Between The Real And The Imaginary: Truth And Lies In The Psychoanalytic Encounter
Am J Psychoanal. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1057/s11231-023-09419-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhen reality is too much to bear, bodymind unity can fracture, creating self-deceptions, distortions, and disguises of emotional experience that amount to unconscious lies. Without clarity regarding what is real and what is imaginary, emotional truth is difficult to discern. Lies disrupt the development of a subjective sense of self, making it difficult to trust sensations, emotions, or thoughts. In the absence of this trust, a patient may form a delusion that they do not exist. Working psychoanalytically with patients traumatized ...
Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judy K Eekhoff Source Type: research
Silence and Silencing in Psychoanalysis: Cultural, Clinical, and Research Perspectives, edited by Aleksandar Dimitrijevi ć and Michael B. Buchholz, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2021, 386 pp
Am J Psychoanal. 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1057/s11231-023-09411-z. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37479775 | DOI:10.1057/s11231-023-09411-z (Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis)
Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabriele Cassullo Source Type: research
Fetal Fantasy and the Perfect Child: How Certain Challenges of Adolescence may Inform Aspects of the Abortion Debate
This article explores psychic aspects of abortion, from the fixity of beliefs over its legalization, to conscious and unconscious fantasies related to the fetus, children, parenting, fertility, and so on. Generally speaking, the field has shown less direct interest in abortion per se than might be surmised, particularly given the centrality of sexuality and procreation in psychoanalysis. The recent legal changes may initiate more psychoanalytic interest in the topic. The current writing studies a possible strand of fantasy in which conscious and unconscious wishes for an unending, idealized, and blameless child-object are ...
Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - July 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrew L Erdman Source Type: research
