Theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the concepts of "vitality" and "subjective vitality" in the framework of the conceptual model for the development of subjective vitality of the heads of internal affairs bodies

Today, the definition of “subjective vitality” is interpreted in many research works as the experience of a person being full of energy, the vital forces available to her. Therefore, there is a need to consider the relationship and difference in the scientific understanding and development of such ends as “life force” and “subjective vitality”. The concept of “life force”, used in modern literature, is devoid of both a supernatural character and the functions of a natural science fact. The energy aspect of human functioning is more developed in our opinion in psychological research than in philosophical and natural sciences. For the first time, a description of the energetic component of a personality in line with psychology is found in works performed in line with a psychoanalytic direction. In the dynamic psychology of K. Levin, an approach to the energy component of the personality is described. E. Byrne believed that human energy can be directed inward, towards himself, and outward. From the perspective of describing the nature of vital energy, V. Reich's approach has been developed. According to A. Lowen, a single energy, enclosed in the body, manifests itself both in psychic phenomena and in movements; this energy is bioenergy. In the work of practical psychologists, one can find a difference in understanding of vital energy and energy.

The Mentally Ill in Your Caseload

In this talk delivered to social workers, Winnicott brings his understanding of professional psychiatry, with its attempts to treat severe mental illness using a more humane approach, together with his belief in dynamic psychology—the emotional development of the individual derived from the study of psychoanalysis—into a closer connection with one another. He charts a brief outline of psychoanalysis and interprets the psychoses through it. He sees the importance of early environmental factors in mental illness and the possible effects of this on maturation. He comments on depression both normal and psychotic in type, on his theories of personalization, of feeling real, and, through early dependence, the gradual growth of the functioning self. He also gives an empathic view of the role of the social worker in the difficult work of treating acute mental ill health.

Letter to D. N. Parfitt

Winnicott’s letter to Dr Parfitt agreeing with him on cases of anorexia and opposing this to the view of William Sargant, for whom almost everything, Winnicott suggests, is seen as an illness. Winnicott writes that anorexia, like enuresis, is not an illness unless someone takes the very severe cases and gives them a label. He argues for dynamic psychology being used in cases that involve anorexia.