The effects of developmental trauma on theory of mind and its relationship to psychotic experiences: A behavioural study

CONCLUSIONS: ToM deficits are associated with self-reported developmental trauma and psychotic experiences. Further work is needed to explore these relationships further and whether they represent generalised or specific effect effects on developmental trauma and psychopathological domains.
Read more...The ICD-11 classification of personality disorders: a European perspective on challenges and opportunities

The 11th revision of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) includes a fundamentally new approach to Personality Disorders (PD). ICD-11 is expected to be implemented first in European countries before other WHO member states. The present paper provides an overview of this new ICD-11 model including PD severity classification, trait domain specifiers, and the additional borderline pattern specifier. We discuss the perceived challenges and…
Read more...The ICD-11 classification of personality disorders: a European perspective on challenges and opportunities

The 11th revision of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) includes a fundamentally new approach to Personality Disorders (PD). ICD-11 is expected to be implemented first in European countries before other WHO member states. The present paper provides an overview of this new ICD-11 model including PD severity classification, trait domain specifiers, and the additional borderline pattern specifier. We discuss the perceived challenges and…
Read more...The parallax: The possible errors in the quantification of human decision-making behavior in the experiment of neuroeconomics-A perspective from psychoanalysis

CONCLUSIONS: This article analyzes the core rational behavior detection of neuroeconomics from the perspective of psychoanalysis and proposes suggestions from the epistemology and methodology of experimental design as well as basic concept discrimination and so forth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
Read more...Clinical wisdom, science and evidence: The neglected gifts of psychodynamic thinking

We review five key areas of contemporary psychodynamic practice and research to highlight the contributions psychodynamic concepts can make to clinical psychiatry. These areas are as follows: (1) Contributions to understanding the development of subjectivity. (2) The psychodynamic understanding of the effects of early childhood trauma and their consequences in adult life. (3) The vital importance of the psychodynamic notion of the ‘holding environment’ based on an understanding of the dynamics…
Read more...Revision of Drive Theory

Several deep revisions of Freud’s theory of the drives are proposed: (1) Drives are conscious and are in fact the source of all consciousness. (2) Drive energy is equated with variational free energy and is therefore quantifiable in principle. (3) There are not two drives but many, seven of which may be described as “emotional” as opposed to “bodily” drives. (4) All drives are self-preservative or preservative of the species; there is no death drive at work in the mind. This means, at the…
Read more...Can Neuroscientists Test a New Physicalist Mind/Body View: DiCoToP (Diachronic Conjunctive Token Physicalism)?

Given that disparate mind/body views have interfered with interdisciplinary research in psychoanalysis and neuroscience, the mind/body problem itself is explored here. Adding a philosophy of mind framework, problems for both dualists and physicalists are presented, along with essential concepts including: independent mental causation, emergence, and multiple realization. To address some of these issues in a new light, this article advances an original mind/body account-Diachronic Conjunctive…
Read more...Editorial: The Emerging Role of Interdisciplinarity in Clinical Psychoanalysis

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Read more...Affective Neuroscience Contributions to the Treatment of Addiction: The Role of Social Instincts, Pleasure and SEEKING

Addiction is an illness prevalent in the worldwide population that entails multiple health risks. Because of the nature of addictive disorders, users of drugs seldom look for treatment and when they do, availability can be difficult to access. Permanence in treatment and its outcomes vary from case to case. Most models work from a multidisciplinary approach that tackles several dimensions of addictive disorders. However, the different etiological factors claim for a personalized treatment to…
Read more...The future orientation of constructive memory: An evolutionary perspective on therapeutic hypnosis and brief psychotherapy

We explore a new distinction between the future, prospective memory system being investigated in current neuroscience and the past, retrospective memory system, which was the original theoretical foundation of therapeutic hypnosis, classical psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy. We then generalize a current evolutionary theory of sleep and dreaming, which focuses on the future, prospective memory system, to conceptualize a new evolutionary perspective on therapeutic hypnosis and brief…
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