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A new language for psychoanalytic diagnosis.

Jonathan Shedler1

  • 1Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, CO 80208, USA. Jonathan@shedler.com

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
|September 11, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Psychoanalytic research is possible with the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP). This method captures complex personality constructs for empirical study and a new taxonomy.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • Traditional psychoanalytic research faces challenges in empirical validation.
  • Past efforts often simplified or distorted complex psychoanalytic concepts.

Observation:

  • The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) offers a novel approach.
  • SWAP is designed to retain the richness of psychoanalytic constructs.

Findings:

  • SWAP provides reliable data for empirical investigation.
  • It facilitates the development of a new personality disorder taxonomy.
  • This taxonomy is both empirically grounded and psychoanalytically relevant.

Implications:

  • SWAP challenges the belief that psychoanalytic research is inherently impossible.
  • It offers a valuable tool for psychoanalytic training and supervision.
  • SWAP can measure structural changes in psychoanalytic process and outcome research.

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