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M Bacciagaluppi

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PubMed1999

Evolutionary aspects of Silvano Arieti's work.

I would like to say a few personal words before beginning this article. I was a pupil of Arieti's in New York in 1963-1964, and then, for several years, together with my wife, I translated most of his books into Italian, in close cooperation with the author. Arieti was eager for his writings to be known in his country of origin. I met Arieti through Pier Francesco Galli and the "Milanese Group for the Development of Psychotherapy," which Galli had founded and directed. At the beginning of the 1960s, this group introduced the psychotherapy of psychoses into Italy through the translation of books and the personal presence of Benedetti and Arieti--two leaders in this area who originated from Italy. I would like Dr. Galli's merits to be acknowledged in this meeting. He made an essential cultural contribution, which initially--with some exceptions--was met with hostility by Italian psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Also thanks to his initiative, the cultural climate has changed since then. The presence at this meeting not only of representatives of psychiatry and of the traditional psychoanalytic schools, but also of OPIFER, a group of independent analysts that follow the model of Arieti's American Academy, is a testimony to this change. By inviting these various groups, the organizers of the meeting have recognized this change in cultural climate.

Affect↗
PubMed1994

The relevance of attachment research to psychoanalysis and analytic social psychology.

The extensive empirical research generated by attachment theory is briefly reviewed, with special reference to transgenerational transmission of attachment patterns, internal working models, cross-cultural, and longitudinal studies. It is claimed that attachment theory and research support the alternative psychoanalytic approach initiated by Ferenczi, especially as regards the re-evaluation of real-life traumatic events, the occurrence of personality splits after childhood trauma, and the aggravation of trauma due to its denial by adults. The concepts of transgenerational transmission and of alternative developmental pathways are further contributions to an alternative psychoanalytic framework. Finally, attention is called to the relevance of the cross-cultural studies to Fromm's analytic social psychology.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1985

Inversion of parent-child relationships: a contribution to attachment theory.

Bowlby describes premature parental behaviour in children when discussing the inversion of parent-child relationships. Normal parental behaviour in children is discussed. Pathological parental behaviour in children is viewed as basically elicited by the weak, infantile aspects of parents. A case history is presented. Premature parental behaviour is viewed as one of several binding mechanisms which may keep a child tied to his/her family of origin.

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PubMed1984

Some remarks on the Oedipus complex from an ethological point of view.

Starting from the classical psychoanalytic view that, in human evolution, an overlap of sexual maturation and dependency occurred, the oedipal situation is regarded as an innate behavioral sequence that also includes appropriate parental responses. An integration between this level of development and the earlier sequence of symbiosis and separation is attempted. In this connection, Bowlby's concept of the subsidiary attachment figure plays a central role. The links between pathological developments at the oedipal level and those at the earlier level are investigated, and clinical examples are provided. In many cases, the Oedipus complex is considered to be the culmination of a bad symbiosis. The hypothesis is then put forth that the Oedipus complex, as a pathological structure, is an historical phenomenon which arose when cultural developments interfered with the appropriate parental responses. It is suggested that these developments were the changes which took place after the advent of agriculture, in particular the changes in family and character structure connected with the peasant adaptation. Finally, the relevance of these problems to training analysis is discussed.

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PubMed1982

The relevance of ethology to interpersonal psychodynamics and to wider social issues.

After a presentation of bowlby's attachment theory and ethological point of view, the authors have suggested that the sequence of symbiosis and separation-individuation, described by Mahler, may be integrated within this frame of reference. The root of psychopathology is considered to be a complex structure, termed bad symbiosis, in which the dual unsatisfied basic needs of the mother interact with those of the child. Clinical illustrations of this structure, as well as of its wider context, the family symbiosis, have been provided. Therapy is regarded as a procedure to help the patient to reconstruct the basic behavioral sequence. In a still wider context, psychopathology may be viewed as due to the interference of an alien culture with the unfolding of the innate behavioral sequence. Finally, the affinity of this etiological point of view with the interpersonal approach has been discussed.

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