Working toward operational thought: Piagetian theory and psychoanalytic method (1993)

The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Practice with Psychotic Patients

Psychoanalysis and History ◽

10.3366/pah.2002.4.1.31 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 31-43

Author(s):

Sophie de Mijolla-Mellor

Keyword(s):

Special Kind ◽

Main Hypothesis ◽

Actual Case ◽

Definition Of ◽

Psychoanalytic Method

This paper deals with the evolution of the psychoanalytic practice with psychotic patients beginning with Freud's scepticism about the transference capacities of those patients to a new definition of a special kind of psychotic transference. The main hypothesis is that the actual case of psychotics within a psychoanalytic cure has modified the psychoanalytic method itself, even in the field of neuroses. Within the framework and, more specifically, in the case of schizophrenics, this paper develops some reflections on the evolution of the three following concepts: transference/countertransference, communication and interpretation, and reality.

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Intensive Group Therapy: An Effective Behavioral-Psychoanalytic Method

American Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1176/ajp.131.1.11 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 131 (1) ◽

pp. 11-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

LEE BIRK

Keyword(s):

Group Therapy ◽

Intensive Group ◽

Psychoanalytic Method

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.51.2.315 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 315-322

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

University Of Southern California ◽

Helping Professions ◽

University Policy ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Curriculum Vitae ◽

Piagetian Theory ◽

Pertinent Information ◽

The University

Advertisement of Professorship: In accordance with University policy, the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania invites qualified persons to apply for the position of Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. A complete curriculum vitae and bibliography, together with any other pertinent information, should be sent to: Office of the Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, for the attention of the Chairman of the Pediatric Search Committee. Conference of Piacetian Theory: The University Affiliated Program at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the School of Education of the University of Southern California will sponsor a conference entitled Piagetian Theory: The Helping Professions and the School Age Child on February 16, 1973.

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