Altered cognitive functioning in pregnant women: A shift towards primary process thinking
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
- Vol. 60 (4) , 329-334
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1987.tb02751.x
Abstract
Psychoanalytically oriented writers have independently described an alteration in psychological functioning, which occurs in many pregnant women, and is probably best described as a shift towards a primary process mode of thinking. This literature is reviewed and an illustrative case history provided. Unlike affective changes during pregnancy, alterations in cognitive style have received little attention despite their significant diagnostic and psychotherapeutic implications. The phenomenon invites a collaboration between the biological and psychoanalytic orientations within psychiatry further to investigate it.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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