Progression from Oral to Oedipal Themes: A Defense Against Experiences of Object Loss

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet M. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Object Loss

Object Loss and Early Sexual Development

1973 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Roiphe ◽  
Eleanor Galenson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Development ◽  
Object Loss

Scopophilia and Object Loss

1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato J. Almansi
Keyword(s):  
Object Loss

The Newcastle Chronic Depression Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Scott ◽  
W. A. Barker ◽  
D. Eccleston
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Thyroid Dysfunction ◽  
Depressive Illness ◽  
Chronic Depression ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Secondary Complications ◽  
Illness Episode ◽  
Object Loss ◽  
History Of ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

Chronic depression is defined as “symptomatic non-recovery for a period of 2 or more years”. Chronic primary major depressives (n = 24) were compared retrospectively with a control group of primary major depressives (n = 20) who had recovered from their illness episode within 2 years. The former had a significantly higher familial loading for affective disorder and showed an increased incidence of independent undesirable life events during the 6 months prior to and 2 years after the onset of their illness. Female chronic depressives also had a significantly greater number of previous illness episodes and a more frequent history of thyroid dysfunction. Personality as measured on the EPQ, psychiatric problems arising as secondary complications of the depressive illness, and developmental object loss did not differentiate chronic from non-chronic depressives.

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