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J Frosch

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PubMed1991

The New York Psychoanalytic Civil War.

The goal of this contribution is to give an overall survey of the analytic schisms in the New York area from 1934 on. The general background, laying the groundwork for potential schisms, is described. There were several major schisms in the New York area. The first related to Horney's departure from the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. There were multiple splits in this group which eventuated in a psychoanalytic facility at the New York Medical College, as well as the establishment of the William Alanson White Institute. Then there was the establishment of a psychoanalytic training facility at Columbia University, one at the Downstate Medical Center, and another at the New York University School of Medicine. The various factors that played a role in the splits are discussed. Finally, there is a discussion of why psychoanalytic schisms take place.

Academies and Institutes↗
PubMed1990

Normal--abnormal--emotional health--emotional illness.

The concept of normality is examined from several frames of reference. Some of these suggest it should be broadened, others that it should be abandoned. However, several frames of reference are proposed to enable one to differentiate normal from abnormal, emotional health from emotional illness. For the individual, these are: 1) impinging social and cultural factors; 2) the ego's position vis-a-vis the external and internal environment; 3) the extent to which an individual is reasonably fulfilling his functional capacity; 4) the physical and emotional subjective well-being; 5) the level of habitual responses to stress and modes of mastery; 6) the capacity to permit, as well as to reverse regression and dedifferentiation; and, 7) the capacity of the organizing function of the ego to preserve a harmonious balance between, and among, the various psychic operations.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1988

Psychotic character versus borderline.

The clinical syndrome designated by the diagnostic term borderline, exists. However, the diagnosis borderline as such gives no clue about the clinical or psychodynamic feature in this syndrome. Furthermore, the use of the concept borderline by its very vagueness and diffuseness deprives us of a means of understanding these conditions clinically and dynamically. It thereby makes it more difficult to treat these patients with appropriate understanding. I therefore believe it should be abandoned. The diagnosis psychotic character has previously been proposed by the author for this syndrome. It relates more appropriately to the clinical and psychodynamic features and is more consonant with an understanding of the syndrome. The diagnosis suggests, among other frames of reference, the underlying psychotic process which typifies these patients. It provides frames of reference which facilitate understanding these conditions psychodynamically and genetically. Out of this understanding a more meaningful therapeutic approach may evolve. We therefore feel that the term and concept borderline should be abandoned.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

The role of unconscious homosexuality in the paranoid constellation.

The literature dealing with Freud's original concept of unconscious homosexuality in the paranoid constellation is reviewed. Many of the more recent contributions view unconscious homosexual features as secondary to others; as such, they are pseudophenomena. This communication suggests that unconscious homosexuality in the male is denied, rejected, and projected because the passive, anal, sadomasochistic aspects are felt as degrading and humiliating. In the female, unconscious homosexuality is also felt as degrading and humiliating. In both sexes, the feeling of humiliation derives from real experiences in childhood. Unconscious homosexuality is viewed as the organizing principle in the paranoid constellation.

Freudian Theory↗
PubMed1977

The relation between acting out and disorders of impulse control.

THE TERM acting out has been used in many different ways and has often been misused. It is frequently applied indiscriminately to behavior, especially antisocial behavior, which is viewed by the observer as difficult to understand or unacceptable. In this misuse, the term sometimes encompasses behaviors which reflect disorders of impulse control. However, acting out and disorders of impulse control differ in many ways and should be distinguished from each other. A previous communication (Frosch and Wortis, 1954) reported on the nosology of the impulse disorders without attempting to differentiate these from acting out in any extensive manner. In the present communication, it is my intention to pursue this differentiation phenomenologically, dynamically, genetically, and therapeutically.

Acting Out↗
PubMed1976

Psychoanalytic contributions to the relationship between dreams and psychosis--a critical survey.

The author surveys psychoanalytic contributions to the relationship between dreams and psychosis as well as adding some of his own observations. He uses as his frame of reference questions relating to the similarities between dreams and psychosis, whether there are psychotic dreams and whether dreams may presage psychosis. There seemed to be some general consensus that the answers to these questions were positive, depending upon the frames of reference used, i.e., whether one referred to the topographical or structural model of the mind, the level of ego cathexis, the function of the ego vis-a-vis reality, etc. Most contributors felt that a dream taken out of context from the overall clinical situation would be difficult to evaluate as either presaging or representing a psychosis despite the fact that many dreams may appear which are suggestive.

Cathexis↗