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The oedipus complex in anorexia nervosa
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Winston, Anthony P. (2006) The oedipus complex in anorexia nervosa. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Vol.20 (No.1). pp. 1-15. doi:10.1080/02668730500529806 ISSN 0266-8734.
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Abstract
Failure to work through the Oedipus complex may be central to some cases of anorexia nervosa. The negative Oedipus complex seems to be of particular importance in this disorder and inability to work through the negative complex may lead to a premature move to the positive complex. In anorexia, the Oedipus complex may manifest itself as an enmeshed relationship with one parent and the exclusion of the other. This deprives the patient of the opportunity to experience frustration and fantasies of omnipotence are perpetuated. The patient is unable to experience ambivalence and cannot progress from the paranoid‐schizoid to the depressive position. Maintenance of therapeutic boundaries provides a challenge to the patient's omnipotence, which allows a shift to the depressive position and the development of a sense of separateness. Case vignettes are used to illustrate these processes in both positive and negative forms of the Oedipus complex.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Oedipus complex, Anorexia nervosa | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 0266-8734 | ||||
Official Date: | 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.20 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-15 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/02668730500529806 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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