Contributions of Psychoanalysis To the Understanding and Treatment of Depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8334076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sidney J Blatt (Yale University, , Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 723-752 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00030651980460030301 |
| PMID | 9795889 |
| OpenAlex | W2104346628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 43 |
Psychoanalysis continues to make important contributions to basic clinical understanding of adaptive and maladaptive psychological development, and particularly to the understanding of depression and its treatment. This paper demonstrates that a basic theoretical conceptualization, central to many of Freud's fundamental contributions, has provided the basis for a wide range of contemporary psychoanalytic and nonpsychoanalytic formulations of personality development and organization; for understanding various forms of psychopathology in adults as deriving from disruptions of normal developmental processes, especially personality disorders and depression; and for conducting research on psychotherapeutic process and outcome in both brief and long-term intensive treatment
Conceptualization · Depression (economics) · Personality · Personality development · Personality disorders · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Systematic empirical investigation of vulnerability to postpartum depression from a psychodynamic perspective
Relatedness and self-definition
Self-medication hypothesis
I used to dream of lupus as some sort of creature
About rationalization and intellectualization
Reflective functioning
Likeable versus popular
Dynamics of goal pursuit and personality make-up among emerging adults
Anger and Depression
Turning points in the romantic history of emerging adults
Children's Appraisal of Peer Rejection Experiences
Meeting Developmental Challenges During Emerging Adulthood
Making sense of the evolving nature of depression narratives and their inherent conflicts
Vicissitudes of the impetus for growth and change among emerging adults
Mixed anaclitic-introjective psychopathology in treatment-resistant inpatients undergoing psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Attachment Disorganization
Girls' Use of Defense Mechanisms Following Peer Rejection
Interpersonal relatedness, self-definition, and their motivational orientation during adolescence
Panic disorder and depression
The person in recovery from acute and severe psychosis
Dependent and Self-Critical Depression
Psychoanalysis—With Whom, for What, and How? Comparisons With Psychotherapy
The Tongue Ever Turns to the Aching Tooth
Cognitive-Humanistic Psychodynamics
An Empirical Study of Seriously Disturbed Suicidal Patients
Development as a Multi-Systemic Endeavor
One depression or many
Weathering racism and colorism
Foundations for a science of personality
Toward a new psychology of women
The power motive
The Reproduction of Mothering
Interpersonal relatedness and self-definition
Dependency and self-criticism
Experiences of depression in normal young adults.
Object Relations, Dependency, and Attachment
Levels of Object Representation in Anaclitic and Introjective Depression
The achievement motive.
Civilization and Its Discontents
The assessment of change during the intensive treatment of borderline and schizophrenic young adults
Convergences among psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral theories of depression
Some reflections on the two psychologies of love
Individuation and attachment in personality development
The "disease-prone personality"
The "disease-prone personality"
A thematic coding system for the intimacy motive
Internalization, Separation, Mourning, and the Superego
Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
The effectiveness of psychotherapy
The Differential Effect of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis with Anaclitic and Introjective Patients
Forms and Transformations of Narcissism
Orality in the Hysterical Personality
In a different voice
Personal vulnerability, life events, and depressive symptoms
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |