On the determination of autistoid organizations in non‐autistic adults

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ID8971046
AutoresBernd Nissen (0009-0000-1201-9866, Limastr. 9a, D‐14163 Berlin, Germany, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen89
Número2
Páginas261-277
Fecha de publicación2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-8315.2008.00013.x
PMID18405283
OpenAlexW1971731775
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas13

Psychogenic autistic phenomena occurring in non‐autistic adults are being increasingly discussed in the psychoanalytical literature. The author endeavours to determine autistoid organizations, which are understood to be a particular form of pathological retreat. Together with the use of autistic objects, two‐dimensional levelling out, the failure of unconscious communication, and of projective identification, a characteristic of these retreats is that they are meant to afford protection against paranoid–schizoid fears of the external and unintegrated states of the internal world. The formation of such autistic reactions should be sought not only in traumatic separations and the inadequate containment of primary objects, but also in constitutional weakening. Intolerance accompanying projective identification and damage to primal fantasies/preconceptions are discussed. In conclusion, a clinical illustration with autistoid and hypochondriacal retreats clarifies some of the aspects discussed

Developmental psychology · Identification (biology · Projective identification · Projective test · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychogenic disease · Unconscious mind · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications