Biomedical subjects

J A Burland

Publications and source records attributed to J A Burland.

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PubMed1976

Conservatism and liberalism: a psychoanalytic examination of political belief.

A review of the historical development of conservative and liberal through reveals contradictory basic assumptions: the former views man as essentially evil by nature, and places its priorities upon self-restraint; the latter views man as essentially good, and with umlimited capabilities, and celebrates his efforts at creating a perfect society for himself. Three clinical vignettes are recounted in which the patient's intrapyschic organization found support from a hormonious political philosophy. It is suggested that conservatism and liberalism offer the individual an ideological resolution to the narcissistic injuries he experiences as a consequence of life's inevitable and developmentally determined disappointments.

Child Rearing↗

PubMed1976

Discussion of papers on Equus.

Three points are discussed concerning Equus and the preceding papers: (1) Because a play is not a free association obtained within the context of the analytic situation it is most difficult to "analyze." (2) The central theme of "passion" in Equus would seem to relate to the vicissitudes of infantile omnipotence, as noted in both the content of the play and the process of playwrighting. And (3) in Equus, the playwright not only creates a reality out of a fantasy, but "tricks" the audience into being a participant in the scopophilic activities depicted.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1975

Separation-individuation and reconstruction in psychoanalysis.

The development constructs of Mahler and her coworkers are seen as clinically based theory which enrich practice. Freud discovered the importance of the infantile past and psychosexual development in particular, he related these findings to the psychodynamics of neurotic structures, and devised a successful therapeutic model based on his findings. Mahler has uncovered and detailed other aspects of infantile mental life, related genetically not to neurotic byt also to other mental structures, thereby broadening the range of applicability of Freud's therapeutic model. Clinical vignettes are offered depicting unresolved residua from the infantile developmental phases described by Mahler. The issue of the analyst's and the patient's conviction concerning reconstructions that attempt to reach across the "primal repression barrier" is discussed. Finally, it is suggested that working through involves, among other things, completion of developmental process that had been interrupted in the childhood of the patient.

Anxiety, Castration↗

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Dreams: royal road but challenging journey.

A discussion of "Dream Analysis in the Treatment of an Eleven-Year-Old Boy" by Harold M. Voth, M.D. This discussion endeavors to make three points: (1) Advances in ego psychology have led to a shift in technique from the content interpretation of dreams to the ego-defense analysis of intrapsychic conflict, using dreams and associations to them as raw data in that process. Questions are raised as to how thoroughly Dr. Voth completed this process with his patient. (2) Transference and countertransference elements seem to have been overlooked; there is evidence of the mutual expression of transference-countertransference issues within the relationship. (3) Perhaps it is better to describe what Dr. Voth offered the young patient as a corrective emotional experience, rather than as a truly psychoanalytic one.

Association↗