The treatment of dementia praecox by psychoanalysis: A preliminary report.

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Reports the study based upon the psycho-analytic treatment of five cases of dementia praecox. A great deal could be obtained from the treatment based on psychological principles, in the sense of readjustment and re-education, an analysis of the symptoms and a thorough psycho-analysis of the entire content of the psychosis. Suggests that psycho-analysis may cure the early cases of dementia praecox, while in severe types, relieve the symptoms to certain extent and provide hints for readjustment. Psycho-analysis treatment reveals the nature of the conflicts in dementia praecox and the causes for the withdrawal from reality. It was seen that in all the five cases, schizophrenic dissociations were quite marked. The first sign of improvement in dementia praecox under psychoanalytic treatment is a change in the nature of the dreams, they slowly become less primitive and infantile. Then follows a change in the social reaction of the patient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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