A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Depression
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Vol. 39 (1) , 25-43
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000306519103900102
Abstract
A correct understanding of the role of depressive affect in triggering psychic conflict leads to a reformulation of the origins and the psychodynamics of depression as a feature of mental illness. It also raises serious question about the validity of the diagnosis of depressive illness.Keywords
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