Unconscious Pregnancy Fantasies as an Underlying Dynamism in Panic Disorder

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8333389
AutoresBarbara Milrod (0000-0003-0320-6664, Cornell University Medical College,, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume46
Fascículo3
Páginas673-690
Data de publicação1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00030651980460031001
PMID9795887
OpenAlexW2133031286
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências 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