Body, mother, mind
Anorexia, femininity and the intrusive object
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8972303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marilyn Lawrence (0000-0003-3379-5316, 61 Godolphin RoadLondon W12 8JNUK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 837-850 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1516/gl2f-03hb-26l3-fam3 |
| PMID | 12204168 |
| OpenAlex | W2169452432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper takes as its starting point the preponderance of female to male patients who suffer from anorexia. The author suggests that there may be something specific about certain experiences of femaleness which predispose towards anxieties of intrusion. Two contemporary theories of the aetiology of anorexia are outlined. Both of these suggest that the problem has its origins in intrusion or invasion of different sorts. The author suggests that many women who suffer from anorexia have an intrusive object instated in their minds, which may not necessarily be the result of actual intrusions in external reality. In the final part of the paper, the author examines the intrusiveness of anorexic patients in the transference and suggests that such patients very often harbour profound phantasies of intruding between the parents, with a wish to regain their special place with mother, untroubled by the presence of father. It is further suggested that the psychopathology underlying certain cases of anorexia leads to a failure in symbolisation. This failure in turn complicates the clinical picture, making such patients particularly difficult to think with about their difficulties
Anorexia · Anorexia nervosa · Developmental psychology · Eating disorders · Femininity · Intrusion · Intrusiveness · Object (grammar · Object relations theory · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Child Abuse and Trauma · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |