the novel , when nietzsche wept , by arvin d . yalom , has efficiently manifested the ties between literature and psychology , and it was so imperssive that immadiately a movie with the same name was made that became very famous and won many awards . the writer has aimed to demonstrate the psychoneurosis treatment of two western geniuses . in this essay , attempts has been made to evaluate the ...

An essential part of the work of mourning is, as Freud points out in 'Mourning and Melancholia', the testing of reality. He says that 'in grief this period of time is necessary for detailed carrying out of the behest imposed by the testing of reality, and ... by accomplishing this labour the ego succeeds in freeing its libido from the lost object', And again: 'Each single one of the memories an...

he letters that Vincent Van Gogh wrote to his younger brother, Theo, document this painter’s thoughts over a period of 20 years with the same brilliance and clarity of his canvases. As a contribution to literature, these letters stand on the same level as Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and far above Benvenuto Cellini’s autobiography. They reveal that Van Gogh was stifled by depression often thro...

DR. DEUTSCH'S fascinating case study concerns itself with a variant of psychopathic personality known as the "impostor." Her lengthy record of therapeutic contact with such an individual gives us an unusual longitudinal study of this disorder. Indeed, analysis of such types usually is terminated at the point of the first reality confrontation. The emphasis upon the role of ego identity may be c...

London: Kegan Paul, 1936; Jung, C. G., Psychological Types, New York, Harcourt Brace, 1923, are well-known examples of this approach. 3Chapple, E. D., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 25, 2, 1939. 4 Crozier, W. J., and Hoagland, H., "The Study of Living Organisms," in Murchison, C., A Handbook of General Experimental Psychology, Worcester, Mass., Clark University Press, 1934, p. 3 and ff. 6 Crozier, W. J...

there are two historical paradigms in iranian family law: love law and libido law. understanding the two approaches is possible by thinking on the four categories of love: 1. libido: the passion of life and manifestation of sexual drive. 2.eros: the romantic love and the genuine material of poem and literature. 3.philia: the mere love purified from libido. 4. agape: the spiritual love in mystic...

R EPEATEDLY in the past and more recently we have dealt with the distinction between the ego instincts and the sexual instincts. At first, suppression taught us that the two may be flatly opposed to each other, that in the struggle the sexual instincts suffer apparent defeat and are forced to obtain satisfaction by other regressive methods, and so find the compensation for defeat in their invul...

Estimating and Reporting on the Quality of Inpatient Stroke Care by Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers Greg Arling, PhD; Mathew Reeves, PhD; Joseph Ross, MD; Linda S. Williams, MD; Salomeh Keyhani, MD; Neale Chumbler, PhD; Michael S. Phipps, MD; Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH; Laura J. Myers, PhD; Amanda H. Salanitro, MD; Diana L. Ordin, MD, MPH; Jennifer Myers, MSW; Dawn M. Bravata, M...

the purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of ego depletion on arousal of elite iranian swimmers. the sample comprised elite swimmers invited to the national swimming team as focused and semi focused (36 subjects). the research design was as pre- and post-test—in two phases of ego depletion conditions and the lack of ego depletion conditions in two experimental and control group...

This paper explores the importance of diaper weaning, which takes place in a period of life when the toddler is capable of individuation and partnership with his parents. Furthermore, the weaning process may take on a pivotal role in the consolidation of the personality. This article also elaborates upon the crucial conflict that the toddler encounters for the first time in his life; a conflict...