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An Analysis of Intellectual Dysfunction

Author(s) -

Royston Robert

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

british journal of psychotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1752-0118

pISSN - 0265-9883

DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1995.tb00779.x

Subject(s) - psychology , psychoanalytic theory , viewpoints , psychodynamics , argument (complex analysis) , object relations theory , object (grammar) , affect (linguistics) , epistemology , psychoanalysis , social psychology , philosophy , communication , art , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , visual arts

Thinking inhibitions may affect a person's academic and professional performance and damage aesthetic enjoyment. They can emerge in the analytic encounter as an inability to digest interpretive ideas and insights. The present paper describes the experience of intellectual blocking and offers a theory to account for the psychodynamics and causes. The argument is traced through three case studies, using an object relations theoretical approach that is distinguished from some other psychoanalytic viewpoints.

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