Fantasies of Childhood and Adolescence as a Source of Delusions

1922 ◽  
Vol 68 (280) ◽  
pp. 33-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Mapother ◽  
J. E. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Adult Life ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Rudyard Kipling ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
George Du Maurier ◽  
The Subject

The subject of the relation of recurring dreams of adult life to that almost inseparable mixture of real experience and fantasy which forms the mental life of the child was dealt with by Rudyard Kipling in The Brushswood Boy, and by George du Maurier in Peter Ibbetson, after a fashion not given to psycho-pathologists. The psycho-analytic school has of late years endeavoured to trace the genesis of the psycho neuroses to aspects of the same period generally considered less attractive. There has, I think, been less effort to establish such a connection in the major psychoses.

scholarly journals From de Clérambault's Theory of Mental Automatism to Lacan's Theory of the Psychotic Structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stijn Vanheule
Keyword(s):  
Jacques Lacan ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Structural Approach ◽  
Mental Life ◽  
Clinical Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Lacanian Theory ◽  
Structural Perspective

In 1966, in a paper on those who have influenced his work, Jacques Lacan suggested that his concept of ‘paranoid knowledge’ and his structural approach to psychoanalysis were closely linked to the work of Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault. This article examines both of these points. Starting with an introduction to de Clérambault, focusing on his concept ‘mental automatism,’ the link between ‘mental automatism’ and ‘paranoid knowledge’ is discussed. Loyalty to Henri Claude and conflicts around theoretical and clinical issues seem to lie at the basis of Lacan's initial neglect of his conceptual indebtedness to de Clérambault. Second, the author discusses the presumed connection between mental automatism and Lacan's structural psychoanalytic theory, which Lacan did not elaborate. It is argued that from a structural perspective, mental automatism comes down to a rupture in the continuity of the signifying chain, which provokes the disappearance of the subject. Furthermore, Lacan's theory implies the hypothesis that manifestations of mental automatism are determined by a foreclosure of the Name-of-the-Father, where questions related to existence cannot be addressed in a stable way. Lacanian theory thus retained de Clérambault's notion of a rupture in mental life that lies at the basis of psychosis, but replaced his biological framework with the dimension of the subject as produced through speech.

Depressive Illnesses in Children and Adolescents: A Review of Current Concepts

1985 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Mcconville ◽  
R.T. Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Considerable Progress ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Developmental Age ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Made In

Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of depressive illnesses in childhood and adolescence, especially over the last several years. A number of major books on the subject have now appeared, along with a large number of individual papers. This paper attempts to summarize current knowledge, and indicates developmental, age-related and other issues which still require further study.

scholarly journals Objective psychology. Academician V. Bekhterev. Issue I. St. Petersburg. 1907 year

1907 ◽  
Vol XIV (3-4) ◽  
pp. 194-196
Author(s):  
V. Osipova
Keyword(s):  
Mental Life ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Living Creature

The author begins his work with the words that the psychology that he will expound bears little resemblance to the psychology that has been the subject of study until now. In objective psychology, there should be no place for questions about subjective processes or processes of consciousness, therefore there should be no place for introspection. Self-observation is not enough even to study one's own mental life. Objective psychology has in mind to study and explain only the relationship of a living creature to the surrounding conditions that affect it in one way or another, without aiming to find out those internal or subjective experiences, which are known as conscious phenomena and which are accessible only to self-observation. All mental items should only be subject to objective registration and control.

scholarly journals An Integrated Approach to Deal with Mental Health Issues of Children and Adolescent during COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mousumi Sethy ◽  
Reshmi Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Children And Adolescent ◽  
Mental Health Issues

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has left few countries untouched. It is a far-reaching implication on humankind, with children and adolescents, being no exception. Although the prevalence and fatality are negligible among children, a possible impact on their psychological and mental health cannot be disregarded. The unprecedented change in the way of living is bound to be having some psychological consequences on children and adolescents. The experiences gathered in childhood and adolescence are known to contribute to shaping the physical, emotional, and social well-being in adult life. Children are highly susceptible to environmental stressors. The present situation has the potential of adversely affecting the physical and mental well-being of children. To save the children from the long term consequences of this pandemic, a holistic approach integrating biological, psychological, social and spiritual methods of enhancing mental health have become essential. A concerted effort of government, Non Government Organisations (NGOs), parents, teachers, schools, psychologists, counselors and physicians are required to deal with the mental health issues of children and adolescents. This paper discusses the possible role of these agencies in the holistic intervention of this crisis.

Saving and Spending

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lendol Calder
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Money Management ◽  
Not Given ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Rich

Monetization, which describes the process whereby money became the dominant means of exchange in developing commercial societies, is an economic development whose profound social, political, and cultural consequences are not yet well understood. The monetization of household economic life elevated practices that once affected only the wealthy – Fan Li's ‘golden rules for business success’ – to core competencies of living, mandatory for everyone. Reflecting on the scholarship that has examined saving and spending, this article examines consumption and why historians of consumer culture have not given the financial affairs of consumers the attention the subject deserves. The historical work that has been done, though sparse, amply demonstrates the rich potential of the financial arts for generating significant problem areas for research. Few other subjects in the glittering universe of consumption lead more directly to the largest questions we can ask about desire, virtue, and the construction of the modern self. The article also considers the history of thrift, money management, and financialization.

The Sterilisation of the Insane

1911 ◽  
Vol 57 (236) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Faulks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Life ◽  
Learned Societies ◽  
Open Debate ◽  
The Subject

Gentlemen,—The subject which I purpose bringing up for discussion to-day appears to be one which is well suited to debate by such a meeting as this. The various proposals are comparatively new in literature, and more so in open debate by learned societies. It is a matter which you, as mental experts, are eminently fitted to give valuable opinions upon, few other associations having any knowledge of, or interest in, the conditions of mental life and growth which are alone responsible for the origination of these proposals.

The Mechanical Requirements of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

1941 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Rolling Resistance ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Internal Corrosion ◽  
The Past ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Special Mention ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
The Relationship

After dealing briefly with the historical and general aspects of the subject, the author touches on the disposition of lifeboats round the coast and the factors which govern this distribution. Details of the boats themselves and their equipment are not given, but the paper concentrates on the difficulties involved, and the methods and equipment employed, in launching from the beach. Certain difficult beach conditions have been met by mounting the 11 tons of lifeboat and carriage on track units of the rigid girder type. Reference is made to the wheels employed in launching lighter boats in the past. Excessive rolling resistance made these wheels impracticable for soft beaches. The relationship between rolling resistance and the width and diameter of steel-tyred wheels is given, together with a description of the girdled wheels devised some forty years ago by Commander Gartside-Tipping, R.N. The development and construction of the girder track units now employed in place of wheels is fully dealt with. The method of launching a lifeboat by tractor is described, and shows how necessary are extreme reliability and watertightness in the tractor employed. The lifeboat “roadless” tractor is then described in detail and particulars given of the methods by which it is made waterproof. Special mention is made of gear for extracting the tractor from quicksand or mud pockets, and a résumé is given of the experience gained in this direction with tanks during the war of 1914–18. An alternative method to that adopted for waterproofing the tractor is referred to. A summary is provided of the submergence and other tests to which the tractor is subjected and of the special precautions which are taken in service to prevent trouble arising from internal corrosion due to condensation. The paper closes with the possible applications in other directions of the experience gained with the machinery described.

DIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: FROM CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE TO ADULT LIFE

2008 ◽  
Vol 102 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 203-204
Author(s):  
C. Martínez Hoyos ◽  
H. Díaz Moreno ◽  
M. Blanco Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Adult Life ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence

Early Sexual Abuse and Clinical Depression in Adult Life

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bifulco ◽  
G. W. Brown ◽  
Z. Adler
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Vulnerability Factors ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Stressful Experiences ◽  
First Interview

Sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence was studied in 286 working-class mothers living in Islington, who were contacted on three occasions over a two-year period. The sample was collected primarily to study current vulnerability factors in the onset of depression, but childhood measures were also included to look at longer-term risk factors. Twenty-five women – 9% of the sample – reported sexual abuse involving physical contact before age 17 and, of these, 64% had case depression in a three-year period (which included the year before first interview). While such abuse was related to other earlier stressful experiences such as parental indifference, violence to the child and institutional stay, it was associated with an increased risk of depression over and above these factors. Sexual abuse before age 17 also related to having been divorced/separated or never having married/cohabited.

Diffuse interstitial lung fibrosis from childhood and adolescence to adult life

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rubín ◽  
K. Křepela ◽  
A. Janoušková ◽  
V. Biganovská
Keyword(s):  
Lung Fibrosis ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence
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