Psychoanalytic treatment: A neurobiological view.

Psychoanalytic treatment: a neurobiological view

We present a review of several hypotheses concerning the possible neurobiological correlates of the main processes involved in analytic therapy. Attachment theory may represent an interesting link between psychoanalysis and neurobiology. According to Bowlby’s conception, interactions with parental figures during infancy lead to the formation of an “internal working model.” This determines how t...

A psychoanalytic view of sleep.

A Psychoanalytic View of the Psychopath

A psychoanalytic view of sleep MALCOLM PINES

A review on addiction from a psychoanalytic view, from fixation to emotion dysregulation

Addiction is a chronic and recurrent disease, which has always been the focus of various psychological perspectives. Psychoanalysis theories are fundamental in the modern treatment of addiction. As we have seen changes in the structure and process of methods during the time, they have changed in defining the concept of addiction. According to classic theories, addiction is an equivalent to mast...