Two modalities of manic defences

Their function in adolescent breakdown

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8973237
AutoresCatalina Bronstein (Brent Adolescent Centre, 51 Winchester Avenue, London NW6 7TT, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume91
Fascículo3
Páginas583-600
Data de publicação2010-03-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-8315.2010.00261.x
PMID20590929
OpenAlexW1599789718
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas13

The aim of this paper is to explore two different modalities of manic defences and their specific underlying anxieties. I will describe the relation between these defences and the role of the superego and their specific function in adolescent breakdown. While one type of manic defence operates by the ego's identification with a sadistic superego the other one operates via evacuation of a guilt-inducing superego. I will illustrate the proposed ideas with clinical examples from the analysis of two adolescents. This paper stresses the specific differences between these two modalities and the clinical importance of both identifying and addressing the enactment in the transference of the unconscious phantasies and anxieties (paranoid and depressive) that give rise to these two types of defences

Function (biology · Id, ego and super-ego · Identification (biology · Modalities · Personality · Personality disorders · Psychoanalysis · Relation (database · Sadistic personality disorder · Unconscious mind · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications