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Altered cognitive functioning in pregnant women: a shift towards primary process thinking.

J T Condon1

  • 1Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.

The British Journal of Medical Psychology
|December 1, 1987
PubMed
Summary

Pregnant women often experience a shift in thinking towards primary process thinking. This cognitive style change, unlike emotional shifts, warrants further investigation for its diagnostic and therapeutic potential in psychiatry.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Psychoanalytic literature independently describes altered psychological functioning in pregnant women.
  • This alteration is characterized as a shift towards primary process thinking.
  • Cognitive style changes during pregnancy are under-researched compared to affective changes.

Observation:

  • A shift towards primary process thinking is observed in many pregnant women.
  • This cognitive alteration has significant diagnostic and psychotherapeutic implications.
  • An illustrative case history is provided to demonstrate the phenomenon.

Findings:

  • Alterations in cognitive style during pregnancy are a distinct phenomenon.
  • These cognitive changes have been noted across different psychoanalytically oriented writers.

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  • The shift impacts psychological functioning during gestation.

    • Implications:

    • Highlights the need for greater attention to cognitive style changes in pregnancy.
    • Suggests potential for improved diagnostic and psychotherapeutic approaches.
    • Encourages collaboration between biological and psychoanalytic psychiatry to study this phenomenon.