Article
Psychology, Clinical
Meinolf Peters, Andrea Budde, Astrid Jeising, Joachim Lindner, Holger Schulz
Summary: This study found that mentalization ability is a key target variable in psychosomatic rehabilitation. By assessing psychological and somatic complaints and using the Mentalization Questionnaire, the study revealed the relationship between the reduction of mentalization deficits and symptom improvement.
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOSOMATISCHE MEDIZIN UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Uwe Altmann, Eva Flemming, Laura Luebke, Carsten Spitzer, Katja Petrowski, Bernhard Strauss
Summary: Sex differences in attachment characteristics have rarely been studied explicitly. This study compares different age groups and includes clinical and nonclinical random subsamples. The findings show that females tend to have higher attachment anxiety than males, and age also plays a role in attachment characteristics.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Anthony S. Joyce, Michal Mielimaka, David Kealy, John S. Ogrodniczuk
Summary: This study examines the impact of quality of object relations and psychological mindedness on the severity of personality disorder, with psychological mindedness found to moderate the relationship between quality of object relations and severity of personality disorder.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Simon Wharne
Summary: This paper critically examines the use of Socratic questioning in therapeutic interventions, questioning the authenticity of the 'not knowing' position and exploring its therapeutic value. The critique is informed by historical and cultural contexts, and raises questions about the genuineness of the approach.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Amanda Zayde, Anna Kilbride, Audrey Kucer, Adella Nikitiades, Jonathan Alpert, Vilma Gabbay
Summary: This study evaluates treatment engagement, acceptability, and psychiatric distress in the telehealth adaptation of the CARE program during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings indicate that telehealth therapy can significantly reduce mood and anxiety symptoms, and participants report high levels of therapeutic alliance and group cohesion in the telehealth format.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Leon S. Brenner
Summary: Esther Bick, a pioneer in the psychoanalytic concept of the skin, emphasizes the importance of the primal skin function in the early formation and integration of the human psyche. This article explores the association between disturbances in the skin function and the onset of autism, using a mathematical perspective of topology. It posits that autism originates from disruptions in a specific modality of the skin function, resulting in linguistic functionality and specific topological spaces. The article also suggests that the skin functions as a modality of Freudian drive, with the hypothesis of psychic foreclosure being a defining characteristic of the autistic psychic structure.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Stephen Briggs, Reinhard Lindner, Mark J. Goldblatt, Nestor Kapusta, Martin Teising
Summary: The legalisation of assisted dying is a growing global debate, reflecting social changes and conflicting views on suicide. This paper explores the unconscious motives and meanings behind requests for assisted suicide, drawing from literature on palliative care, end of life care, and psychoanalytic understanding of suicide. Through a case example, it is shown that attention to unconscious factors and psychoanalytically informed treatment can bring about therapeutic change.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Vassilis Kapsambelis
Summary: There is a long tradition of psychoanalysis in the community in France. The interaction between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in public institutions has led to the development of a new approach to community psychiatry. The central issue in psychoanalysis in France lies in the conception of the 'psychic human being' and psychic causality in Western societies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Tom Wooldridge
Summary: This article discusses the psychodynamics of the paternal object in patients with muscle dysmorphia. It explains how the father-child object relation can contribute to the development of the disorder, where the father's narcissistic equilibrium is maintained by keeping the son small, vulnerable, and weak. This threatens the child's separation and individuation, leading to an idealization of masculine traits represented by muscularity. The article presents a clinical case to illustrate these dynamics.
PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF THE CHILD
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Bernhard Strauss, Harriet Kirschner, Gordana Paripovic, Monika Storch, Adrian Gallistl
Summary: This article reviews the research on GDR psychotherapy in the 30 years since German reunification, analyzing its development background and factors, and pointing out that the discipline has mainly focused on publications, publication organs, and individual representatives in the past three decades.
Article
Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Mark Winborn
Summary: This paper highlights the importance of an analyst's ability to recognize and engage ephemeral phenomena in the analytic setting, which is essential for deep analytic engagement. It argues that the capacity to engage with the ephemeral is a continuous developmental process that complements other areas of analytic knowledge. The paper provides a definition of ephemeral and focuses on the phenomenological experience of it. It also discusses the use of reverie and poetry to enhance the analyst's sensitivity and responsivity to ephemeral moments.
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Catharina Trinkler, Bernhard Strauss, Antje Gumz
Summary: The paper examines the consideration of comorbidities in current studies on the effectiveness of depression treatments. Results show that out of 17 meta-analyses, only 4 adequately address mental comorbidities, with 3 excluding comorbidities as criteria and 4 including comorbid samples without analyzing their possible effects statistically, while 6 studies did not consider comorbidities at all.
Article
Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Aner Govrin, Golan Shahar, Sharon Ziv-Beiman
Summary: This article presents the current state of affairs in Israel regarding psychoanalytic psychotherapy, including its historical development and its contentious relationship with other psychotherapy schools. The dominance of the psychoanalytic school in Israeli psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy has led to a political fight within the psychology profession. However, this fight has paradoxically resulted in the growth of Israeli psychoanalysis, making it more accessible to various applied psychology disciplines and influencing non-psychoanalytic schools of psychotherapy. The article also discusses future concerns, particularly the decreasing representation of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in psychology departments at research universities in Israel.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Qian Wang, Yang Wang, Yixing Liu, Zirong Li, Jie Zhong
Summary: The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese Inventory of Personality Organization (IPOCH). Results showed that the IPO-CH has adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis suggested a four-factor model instead of the original five-factor model. The IPO-CH demonstrated good concurrent validity and convergent validity concerning the severity of pathological personality disorder symptoms, as well as predicting participants' depression severity and life events.
BULLETIN OF THE MENNINGER CLINIC
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Maaike L. Smits, Patrick Luyten, Dine J. Feenstra, Dawn L. Bales, Jan Henk Kamphuis, Jack J. M. Dekker, Roel Verheul, Jan J. Busschbach
Summary: This study investigated the impact of childhood trauma on patients with borderline personality disorder participating in mentalization-based treatment. The findings revealed that childhood trauma was common among these patients, but had limited effects on treatment outcomes. However, patients with substantial childhood trauma seemed to benefit more from day hospital treatment compared to intensive outpatient treatment.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lydia Yao Stuhrmann, Ariane Goebel, Susanne Mudra
Summary: Peripartum anxiety and depression can affect infant emotional and behavioral issues. Maternal confidence in their own abilities plays a crucial role in the parent-child relationship, which may be influenced by parental psychological distress and child behavior. Prenatal pregnancy-specific anxiety may indirectly affect maternal confidence through postpartum depression.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Thilo Dietz, Vera Schiewer, Sally Tavenrath, Hulya Oeztuerk-Arenz, Anne Klein, Hildegard Labouvie, Reinhold Jaeger, Michael Kusch
Summary: The Cologne Questionnaire on Speechlessness (KFS) has been validated as a tool for assessing speechlessness, with item 12 showing promise as a predictor. By analyzing data from 205 participants, a threshold of >29 on the KFS total scale has been identified for distinguishing between low and high levels of speechlessness, with a sensitivity of 76% and specificity of 79%.
Article
Psychiatry
Jedidiah Siev, Maya Darst-Campbell, Ivy C. Rouder, Victoria A. Schlaudt
Summary: This study found that hoarding symptoms were associated with less grit and the effect size was medium-to-large. These results indicate that investigating grit in individuals with hoarding disorder, using methods that allow for inferences about causality and considering clinical implications for prevention or treatment, is necessary.
BULLETIN OF THE MENNINGER CLINIC
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Mariana Velykodna, Valeriy Dorozhkin, Natalia Nalyvaiko, Elina Yevlanova, Vitalii Lunov
Summary: The Division 'Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychotherapy' of the National Psychological Association of Ukraine organized a conference that brought together psychoanalysts from different countries to reflect on the history and functioning of psychoanalytic societies and discuss future prospects for the unions.
PSYCHODYNAMIC PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jane G. Tillman, Jennifer L. Stevens, Katie C. Lewis
Summary: By studying the psychological states of NLS attempt survivors, this research has provided insights into situational factors and potential psychological pathways to suicide, revealing a high degree of variability and individual characteristics in the mental states preceding NLS attempts.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
