The Deficit Syndrome in Schizophrenia
Psychoanalytic and Neurobiological Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8336036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin S Willick (970 Lincoln Place Teaneck, NJ 07666, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1135-1157 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/000306519304100409 |
| PMID | 8282940 |
| OpenAlex | W2060740484 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 24 |
The author summarizes recent advances in neurobiological research which appear to offer compelling evidence that the most pathognomonic feature of schizophrenia, the deficit or negative syndrome, is associated with functional abnormalities in the frontal lobe of the brain. These brain abnormalities are correlated with those conceptualized by psychoanalytic theories of withdrawal of libido and loss of mental representation. In the light of this data, the author expresses serious reservations about three psychoanalytic formulations concerning the causes of the deficit syndrome: (1) the syndrome represents, in a primary rather than a secondary way, a psychological defense; (2) it is caused by severe conflicts or neglect during early childhood which lead to impairments in the building up of psychic structure and mental representation; (3) difficulties with the aggressive drive play a primary etiological role
Disease · Neglect · Pathognomonic · Psychiatry · Psychic · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychosis · Psychotherapist · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Schizophrenia research and treatment
Organization and pathology of thought
Schizophrenia
Drives, Affects, Behavior-And Learning
Psychoanalysis and General Psychiatry
Psychoanalytic Concepts of the Etiology of Severe Mental Illness
Psychoanalytic and Biological Approaches to Mental Illness
Hierarchies, Boundaries, and Representation in a Freudian Model of Mental Organization
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2011 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |