Parental narcissistic injury following child acquired brain injury (ABI): Exploring self-object needs and emotional experience.
This article applies Kohut’s theory of self-psychology to parent–child relationship following medical trauma and explores the narcissistic injury among parents of children who undergo redevelopmental trajectory as they recover from pediatric acquired brain injury (pABI). Fifty two parents in the pABI group, and 50 in the control group of typically developing children, participated in this cross-sectional study. Parents’ experience was assessed using a multiscale Two-Track Bereavement Questionnaire/Two-Track Coping with Life Questionnaire, respectively, and the Self-object Needs Inventory. Parents in the pABI group re...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Bion’s alpha-function as a key for understanding emotional problems in ADHD.
This article discusses the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) syndrome in children, from a regulation-based perspective, as a neurodevelopmental deficiency that develops into mental difficulties. Based on research indicating the existence of early markers to ADHD, we propose that the neurodevelopmental difficulty creates certain characteristics in the mother–infant/toddler relationship. We propose the term “mental sustaining” to describe the capacity to delay response in order to allow stimuli to be perceived and absorbed internally. In children with ADHD, the neurodevelopmental impairment of the regulat...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Review of Masculinity and Its Discontents: The Male Psyche and the Inherent Tensions of Maturing Manhood.
Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 39(4), Oct 2022, 347-349; doi:10.1037/pap0000417Reviews the book, Masculinity and Its Discontents: The Male Psyche and the Inherent Tensions of Maturing Manhood by Michael J. Diamond (2021). This book is first and foremost an exploration of the “inherent tensions of maturing manhood.” Its greatest value lies in the careful unraveling of the contradictions and conflicts that characterize the male developmental process throughout the life cycle. The reviewer believes that men and women alike intuitively grasp the fundamental fragility of manhood and are well-acquainted with the disintegrati...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Parental narcissistic injury following child acquired brain injury (ABI): Exploring self-object needs and emotional experience.
This article applies Kohut’s theory of self-psychology to parent–child relationship following medical trauma and explores the narcissistic injury among parents of children who undergo redevelopmental trajectory as they recover from pediatric acquired brain injury (pABI). Fifty two parents in the pABI group, and 50 in the control group of typically developing children, participated in this cross-sectional study. Parents’ experience was assessed using a multiscale Two-Track Bereavement Questionnaire/Two-Track Coping with Life Questionnaire, respectively, and the Self-object Needs Inventory. Parents in the pABI group re...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Bion’s alpha-function as a key for understanding emotional problems in ADHD.
This article discusses the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) syndrome in children, from a regulation-based perspective, as a neurodevelopmental deficiency that develops into mental difficulties. Based on research indicating the existence of early markers to ADHD, we propose that the neurodevelopmental difficulty creates certain characteristics in the mother–infant/toddler relationship. We propose the term “mental sustaining” to describe the capacity to delay response in order to allow stimuli to be perceived and absorbed internally. In children with ADHD, the neurodevelopmental impairment of the regulat...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Review of Masculinity and Its Discontents: The Male Psyche and the Inherent Tensions of Maturing Manhood.
Reviews the book, Masculinity and Its Discontents: The Male Psyche and the Inherent Tensions of Maturing Manhood by Michael J. Diamond (2021). This book is first and foremost an exploration of the “inherent tensions of maturing manhood.” Its greatest value lies in the careful unraveling of the contradictions and conflicts that characterize the male developmental process throughout the life cycle. The reviewer believes that men and women alike intuitively grasp the fundamental fragility of manhood and are well-acquainted with the disintegration products of the male self. Diamond’s carefully delineated developmental sc...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Parental narcissistic injury following child acquired brain injury (ABI): Exploring self-object needs and emotional experience.
This article applies Kohut’s theory of self-psychology to parent–child relationship following medical trauma and explores the narcissistic injury among parents of children who undergo redevelopmental trajectory as they recover from pediatric acquired brain injury (pABI). Fifty two parents in the pABI group, and 50 in the control group of typically developing children, participated in this cross-sectional study. Parents’ experience was assessed using a multiscale Two-Track Bereavement Questionnaire/Two-Track Coping with Life Questionnaire, respectively, and the Self-object Needs Inventory. Parents in the pABI group re...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Bion’s alpha-function as a key for understanding emotional problems in ADHD.
This article discusses the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) syndrome in children, from a regulation-based perspective, as a neurodevelopmental deficiency that develops into mental difficulties. Based on research indicating the existence of early markers to ADHD, we propose that the neurodevelopmental difficulty creates certain characteristics in the mother–infant/toddler relationship. We propose the term “mental sustaining” to describe the capacity to delay response in order to allow stimuli to be perceived and absorbed internally. In children with ADHD, the neurodevelopmental impairment of the regulat...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Review of Hermann Rorschach’s Psychodiagnostics: Newly Translated and Annotated 100th Anniversary Edition.
Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 39(4), Oct 2022, 344-346; doi:10.1037/pap0000414Reviews the book, Hermann Rorschach's Psychodiagnostics: Newly Translated and Annotated 100th Anniversary Edition edited by Phillip J. Keddy et al (2021). The book is a remarkably astute collection of truly refined thinking, admirably based on Rorschach’s efforts to provide empirical data for all of his hypotheses about what the nature of Rorschach inkblot method responses represent. However, if we are going to suggest using the book as a tool for new RIM students and if the book is almost entirely an empirical investigation using very suspect...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Review of Hermann Rorschach’s Psychodiagnostics: Newly Translated and Annotated 100th Anniversary Edition.
Reviews the book, Hermann Rorschach's Psychodiagnostics: Newly Translated and Annotated 100th Anniversary Edition edited by Phillip J. Keddy et al (2021). The book is a remarkably astute collection of truly refined thinking, admirably based on Rorschach’s efforts to provide empirical data for all of his hypotheses about what the nature of Rorschach inkblot method responses represent. However, if we are going to suggest using the book as a tool for new RIM students and if the book is almost entirely an empirical investigation using very suspect data, then we are not doing our part to more fully demonstrate the clinical ut...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Review of The new sexual landscape and contemporary psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 39(4), Oct 2022, 342-343; doi:10.1037/pap0000413Reviews the book, The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis by Danielle Knafo and Rocco Lo Bosco (2020). This work may be viewed as an up-to-date guide to the landscape of what McDougall (1980) has termed neosexualities. The book is a kind of “Lonely Planet” survey in which 212 pages condense a rigorously researched account of sexuality and gender in our digital times. Comprehensive references and a well-organized subject index render this book into a valuable tool for clinicians. The authors reflect on sexual trends, viewing ...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
For one can always start something new: An Arendtian-psychoanalytic reflection on patient agency.
In this study, we explore the etymology and history of “agency,” link it with relational psychoanalytic literature, and examine how it can be understood within Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and practice. Building on its history, we find that “agency” embodies a binary distinction between the person as an actor, on the one hand, and as a being who is subject to determining structures, on the other. This binary approach, however, limits the debate concerning agency. Arendt’s concept of “action,” which builds on the same etymological stem as “agency” (i.e., “agere”), allows for nuance in the concept and...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Review of The new sexual landscape and contemporary psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 39(4), Oct 2022, 342-343; doi:10.1037/pap0000413Reviews the book, The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis by Danielle Knafo and Rocco Lo Bosco (2020). This work may be viewed as an up-to-date guide to the landscape of what McDougall (1980) has termed neosexualities. The book is a kind of “Lonely Planet” survey in which 212 pages condense a rigorously researched account of sexuality and gender in our digital times. Comprehensive references and a well-organized subject index render this book into a valuable tool for clinicians. The authors reflect on sexual trends, viewing ...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
For one can always start something new: An Arendtian-psychoanalytic reflection on patient agency.
In this study, we explore the etymology and history of “agency,” link it with relational psychoanalytic literature, and examine how it can be understood within Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and practice. Building on its history, we find that “agency” embodies a binary distinction between the person as an actor, on the one hand, and as a being who is subject to determining structures, on the other. This binary approach, however, limits the debate concerning agency. Arendt’s concept of “action,” which builds on the same etymological stem as “agency” (i.e., “agere”), allows for nuance in the concept and...
Source: Psychoanalytic Psychology - August 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
