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Primitive defenses: cognitive aspects and therapeutic handling
International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
|January 1, 1980
Summary
This study examines Melanie Klein's schizoid mechanisms, including splitting and projective identification. Cognitive analysis and interventions like interpretation can help stop these defenses in schizophrenia treatment.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Melanie Klein's "schizoid mechanisms" are primitive defenses.
- These include splitting, pathological identification, projective identification, and psychotic denial.