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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453449603321

Autore

Ast Gabriele

Titolo

Siblings in the unconscious and psychopathology : womb fantasies, claustrophobias, fear of pregnancy, murderous rage, animal symbolism, Christmas and Easter "neuroses", and twinnings or identifications with sisters and brothers / / by Gabriele Ast

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©2014

ISBN

0-429-90500-9

0-367-10292-7

0-429-48023-7

1-78241-232-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/071

Soggetti

Brothers and sisters

Object relations (Psychoanalysis)

Mental illness - Etiology

Fantasy

Subconsciousness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 UNCONSCIOUS FANTASIES; 2 THE INTRUDER; 3 INSECTS, FISH, BIRDS, AND ANIMALS; 4 TERRITORIALITY AND UNCONSCIOUS WOMB FANTASIES; 5 THE SECRET RESTAURANT; 6 TO KILL OR TO REPAIR; 7 DEPOSITED REPRESENTATIONS; 8 TWINNING; 9 DEAD SIBLING REPRESENTATIONS; 10 CHARON AND HERAKLES: LIVING WITH A DEAD BROTHER; 11 DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines adults' identifications and internal relationships with their siblings' mental representations. The authors believe that the best way to illustrate clinical formulations and psychoanalytic theoretical concepts is to provide detailed clinical data. The influence of



childhood sibling experiences and associated unconscious fantasies, in their own right, in adults' personality characteristics, behaviour patterns, and symptoms are presented from seventeen case reports. Clinicians who have patients with fear of pregnancy, claustrophobia, incestuous fantasies, extreme dependency on or murderous rage against siblings, guilt due to the death of a sister or brother in childhood, replacement child syndrome, history of adoption, certain types of animal phobias and related issues will find this volume most helpful. The authors have made a rare, but needed, psychoanalytic contribution that examines mental representations of sisters and brothers in our daily lives.