The child and her maps. Comment on Anna’s clinical case

Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Alessia Zangrilli
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/1 Language Italian
Pages 6 P. 119-124 File size 92 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2018-001008
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The contribution to the lecture of Anna’s case starts from the well-established interpretations of psychotic symptoms, in particular to reference ideas, as an expression of the attempt, from the person, to restore a sense of ambiguity, which is compatible with central schemes. The emotional, cognitive and behavioral detachment that derives from it, is therefore understood as a consequence of the impossibility of accessing dimensions that are closer to reality as they are excessively destructuring, overwhelmingly denied by the context of reference and confusedly perceived, but misunderstood, by the patient herself.

Keywords: Cognitive Map; Self-Schema; Emotional Dysregulation; Disabling Environment; Reference Ideation.

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Alessia Zangrilli, La bambina e le sue mappe. Commento al caso clinico di Anna in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 1/2018, pp 119-124, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2018-001008