In a recent review Shaheen (2014) surveys evidence-based and popular programs that are designed to advance the development of executive function in children. In this commentary I propose that psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children is an additional program and therapeutic orientation that promotes executive function development. In support of this proposal I review the executive function con...

For many people, psychoanalysis conveys the image of a patient lying on a couch, speaking endlessly (that is, session after session, and for many years) about dreams and sexual fantasies to a bearded and elderly psychoanalyst who remains relatively silent, except for an occasional oracular comment known as an interpretation. For those who have been superficially exposed to Freud in undergraduat...

In this article, we take dating apps as a case study to tackle the question of desire and enjoyment in contemporary society. Moving away from an instrumental conception digital media, focus on their (mis)functions related (dis)satisfactions. We argue that apps’ key function significance is not offering means through which find potential partner, but rather engaging subject’s without need for ac...

"Joker" is a comic film with mentally ill person as the protagonist, mainly telling story of Arthur Frank, and engaged in clown acting work, because indifference society, betrayal colleagues, deception his mother, ridicule idol various bad encounters, spiritual world gradually collapsed, eventually went to road crime. Supported by Freud's relevant theories, this paper interprets Arthur's charac...

23 ABSTRACT Psychological type theory provides a coherent, parsimonious meaning framework for understanding similarities and differences in the theoretical content of the psychological systems. The present report demonstrates that primary qualities of specific psychological type processes inform the theoretical content of the psychological systems. A typological analysis of the theoretical cont...

1. Reich and the human body in social theory Wilhelm Reich became a member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society in 1920, whilst still a medical student. During the l920s and early 1930s, his work on psychoanalytic theory led to the publication of two major books, The Function of the Orgasm (1927; henceforth FO) and Character Analysis (1934; henceforth CA). In the former, he argued that the bloc...

In May 2015, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended that all pregnant and postpartum women be screened at least once during the perinatal period (pregnancy and 12 months postpartum) for depression and anxiety.1 From the perspective of integrative care, this is a wonderful recommendation. However, from a more psychodynamic and neurobiological perspective, this recomm...

3) As study material for students of child development. Rarely do students have an opportunity to be exposed to such rich clinical material on early child development. Especially for class work in non-clinical settings, the material should prove to be most valuable. The book is remarkably free of technical terminology or jargon, thus rendering it useful for students of all disciplines. The non-...

Received August 14, 2016; Accepted in revised form September 17, 2016; Approved October 20, 2016; Available online November 1, 2016. This paper talks about how the psychoanalytical approach could be used in literature to interpret the text, to understand the psychological development of the character and the psyche of the author. Lawrence, being inspired by Freud has produced works like Sons an...