{"title":"Differentiation of dreams dreamt by the psychotic and the non-psychotic personalities.","authors":"Uta Karacaoğlan","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2334251","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To what extent are dreams dreamt by the psychotic or non-psychotic parts of the personality? And what significance does this have for the treatment technique? Based on Bion's theories of dream function and the differentiation between psychotic and non-psychotic personalities, these questions are examined. Theoretically, reference is made to the significance of the body and body image with regard to both psychotic structure and dream function. Using a countertransference dream by Winnicott and material from psychoanalytic treatments with patients suffering from psychotic disorders, the above ideas will be discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"106 1","pages":"27-41"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2334251","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/3/13 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS","Score":null,"Total":0}
Differentiation of dreams dreamt by the psychotic and the non-psychotic personalities.
To what extent are dreams dreamt by the psychotic or non-psychotic parts of the personality? And what significance does this have for the treatment technique? Based on Bion's theories of dream function and the differentiation between psychotic and non-psychotic personalities, these questions are examined. Theoretically, reference is made to the significance of the body and body image with regard to both psychotic structure and dream function. Using a countertransference dream by Winnicott and material from psychoanalytic treatments with patients suffering from psychotic disorders, the above ideas will be discussed.
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