Unconscious Pregnancy Fantasies as an Underlying Dynamism in Panic Disorder

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8333389
AutoresBarbara Milrod (0000-0003-0320-6664, Cornell University Medical College,, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen46
Número3
Páginas673-690
Fecha de publicación1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00030651980460031001
PMID9795887
OpenAlexW2133031286
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas10

Unconscious pregnancy fantasies are outlined as an underlying dynamic organizer to the panic experience in some patients with panic disorder. Detailed case material from the treatment of two childless panic patients, one male and one female (nonpregnant) is presented to illustrate this. A literature review found reports of nine nonpregnant patients, none exposed to a pregnant analyst, in whom these fantasies are described as central. Four of these patients had a psychiatric syndrome consistent with panic and agoraphobia. Some mechanisms that may underlie these connections are explored

Agoraphobia · Anxiety · Panic · Panic disorder · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Unconscious mind · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology