Author | Mendelsohn, Roy M. author |
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Title | The Synthesis of Self [electronic resource] : Volume 2 It all Depends on how you Look at it Development of Pathology in the Cohesive Disorders / by Roy M. Mendelsohn |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1947-4 |
Descript | 272p. online resource |
The Genital Character -- Hysteria -- The Obsessive Disorders -- The Narcissistically Determined, Object-Related Disorders: The Phobias -- 1. The Cohesive Disorders -- A Definition of Cohesiveness -- The Significance of Object-Related Perceptions -- The Development and Function of Fixation Points -- The Object-Related Neurotic Disorders: Hysteric and Obsessive Pathologies -- The Narcissistically Determined Object-Related Disorders: Phobic Pathology -- 2. Hysterical Symptom Formation and Hysterical Character Pathology: Preoedipal Determinants -- Introduction: Symptom Formation -- The Fixation Points in the Development of the Hysteric -- The Grandiose Self and Ego Ideal in the Hysteric -- The Nature of Reaction Formations -- The Preconditions for a Genital Organization and Their Effects upon the Oedipal Conflict -- The Defensive Significance of Hysterical Symptoms and of Hysterical Character Pathology -- 3. Hysterical Symptom Formation and Hysterical Character Pathology: Oedipal Determinants -- Introduction: Castration Anxiety and the Oedipal Conflict -- The Influence of Early Development upon the Structure of Castration Anxiety and the Oedipal Conflict -- The Oedipal Conflict in Hysteria -- The Defensive Organization in the Hysteric -- The Status and Significance of Object-Related Perceptions in the Hysteric -- The Effects of Hysteric Development upon Thinking, Perception, and Adaptation -- Some Implications for Treatment -- Depression in the Hysteric -- 4. Hysterical Symptom Formation and Hysterical Character Pathology: Clinical Material -- Clinical Material -- Discussion -- The Structural Foundation of Thought in Hysteria -- The Structural Foundation of Thought in Other Disorders -- 5. Obsessive Character Pathology and Obsessive Symptom Formation: Preoedipal Determinants -- IntroductionโThe Role of Aggression -- Early Influences in the Development of the Obsessive -- The Differentiating Structures Maintaining Cohesiveness -- The Fixation Points in the Obsessive -- The Nature of Reaction Formations -- The Effects of the Obsessiveโs Development upon Thinking, Perception, and Adaptation -- 6. Obsessive Character Pathology and Obsessive Symptom Formation: Oedipal Determinants -- IntroductionโThe Anal Influence in Obsessive Disorders -- The Preconditions for the Oedipal Conflict and the Structure of Castration Anxiety -- The Oedipal Conflict in the Obsessive -- The Oedipal Conflict in the Male -- The Oedipal Conflict in the Female -- The Significance of Obsessive Character Pathology -- The Significance of Obsessive Symptoms -- The Significance of the Defensive Organization of the Obsessive -- Depression in the Obsessive -- 7. Obsessive Character Pathology and Obsessive Symptom Formation: Clinical Material -- Clinical Material -- Discussion -- Behavior as a Reflection of Character: A Comparison with Hysteria -- The Structure of Thought in the Obsessive -- 8. The Narcissistically Determined Object-Related Disorders: The Phobias. Pregenital Determinants -- Early Influences in the Development of the Phobias -- The Grandiose Self and Ego Ideal in the Phobic -- Separation-Individuation, Cohesiveness, and the Formation of Differentiating Structures -- The Effect of the Absence of Reaction Formations -- The Composition of the Self- and Object Representational Systems in the Phobias -- The Fixation Points and Their Relationship to Phobic Symptoms -- 9. The Narcissistically Determined Object-Related Disorders: The Phobias. The Significance of the Oedipal Situation -- Introduction: The Conditions Necessary for a Shift from Narcissism to Object Relatedness -- The Preconditions for Object Relatedness in the Phobias -- The Status of Internal Regulation in the Phobias -- The Relationship of the Fixation Points to a Genital Consolidation -- The Nature of the Oedipal Conflict -- The Threat of Loss of Cohesiveness -- Depression in the Phobic Disorders -- 10. The Narcissistically Determined Object-Related Disorders: The Phobias. Clinical Examples and Discussion -- The Object Phobias -- The Self-Phobias -- The Combined Self- and Object Phobias -- Summary -- The Structure of Thought in the Phobic Disorders -- 11. The Cohesive Disorders: A Comparison -- The Self-Representational System -- The Object Representational System -- Self-Object Need -- The Nature of Anxiety and Repression -- The Conflict-Free Sphere -- Transference -- The Conscious and Preconscious Systems -- Drive Development -- Regression in the Service of the Ego -- Reality Testing (The Fixation Points) -- The Ego (The Process of Play) -- The Id (Processes of Love) -- The Superego (The Process of Work) -- Conscious Motivation for Treatment -- Unconscious Motivation for Treatment -- Complaints -- References