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Laverne Antrobus on the One Show. Using YouTube videos with infants and babies. 01 April 2015, BBC1
No full textContaining the containers: Work discussion group supervision for teachers - a psychodynamic approach
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Objecting to the object. Encountering the internal parental couple relationship for lesbian and gay couples
No full textIn this chapter, I begin with a description of how psychoanalysis has traditionally viewed same-gender desire. Then I consider early object relationships, psychosexual development, the importance of identifications and innate bisexuality including a description of some contemporary psychoanalytic reformulations of same-gender desire. Using a fictional composite case example I illustrate the clinical manifestation of 'objecting to the object', including some thoughts on why this may be a problem for lesbian and gay couples. I reflect on how being part of an intimate adult same-gender couple relationship brings to life early object relationships and embodied experiences. Throughout, I draw on theoretical concepts which inform my ideas about the encounter with the parental couple relationship. The ideas presented here are based on my experience with lesbian and gay couples and individuals in psychoanalytic psychotherapy who have grown up with heterosexual parents, though not necessarily parents who were always together as a couple. These ideas may also be relevant to heterosexual as well as homosexual couples, and to those who have grown up in other family formations who become troubled and seek psychoanalytic therap
The mentally healthy society: The report of the taskforce on mental health in society
No full textThe Taskforce on Mental Health in Society is an independent taskforce that met from Spring 2013 to
Autumn 2014. The Chair was Sir Stephen O’Brien and the Deputy Chair was Liz Meek.
The Taskforce was established by Ed Miliband in his speech to the Royal College of Psychiatrists in late 2012, and was asked to set out
a roadmap for how society needs to change to prevent mental health problems and promote good mental health and to look at how we can support fuller integration into the wider community of those affected by or recovering from mental health
problems
Biology and culture
No full textHow are we to think of the developmental relations between individual and social dimensions of human psychology? On the one hand, an individual's mental development depends on social engagement and socially constructed symbolic systems and institutions. On the other hand, the very existence of a social system depends on the biologically provided constitution of the individuals who make up its members. I shall consider these matters at the interface between the behavioral and social sciences through the perspective of developmental psychopathology, and, in particular, the study of autism
What can be learned from a single case of psychoanalytic infant observation?
No full textThis study investigates a single retrospective case of psychoanalytic infant observation. Two principal aims emerged from the evolving investigation. The first concerned the methodology involved in examining observational data using psychoanalytic methods, the second being the exploration of what can be learned from the systematic study of a single recorded case of infant observation using Grounded Theory. The focus for the study concerned the infant’s first year and considered the structuring of the infant’s psychic life, which takes place in the initial relationship(s). From the phenomenological description of behaviours in the observed context, combined with the emotional field described in the observation reports,emotional meaning was inferred. The systematic use of line-by-line coding, abductive reasoning and the formation of categories led to discussion of the following detail:The first month of life; Exploration of the period when mother was traumatically absent, followed by her return; Selected observations that reveal parent/infant recovery. Several conclusions are reached regarding the observed infant. The first concerns the identification of synchronous rhythms or patterns in the mother/infant relationship where they were found to form a backdrop to aesthetic reciprocity. Rupture in aesthetic attunement was instrumental in activating a cascade of early proto-defensive organisation into later development. This took the form of oral preoccupation; namely regurgitation, rumination and choking. Whilst this defensive organisation may be
specific to the observed infant, the study draws attention to developmental processes that may be relevant to infants in general. There is evidence to support how babies are more integrated than first thought by Bick (1968) and are ‘open’ to triangular relating in
the first weeks. Proto-defensive structures may be evidenced from the start of post-natal life. This study makes a contribution to the body of knowledge concerning rumination in infancy
Growing trends in the pursuit of muscularity: What healthcare professionals should be aware of
Get PDFThe psychological and physical repercussions of body image concerns in women will be familiar to many healthcare professionals. There is, however, massing evidence that body image dissatisfaction in men is increasing, with more and more adolescent boys reporting feeling unhappy with their physique.1,2 Lack of muscular development is the commonest concern and greater numbers of men are turning to body-building practices in an attempt to achieve their body ideal. Rates of gym membership in the UK continue to increase, perhaps reflecting this preoccupation, with 8 million people belonging to gyms or leisure centres in 2014.3
Although gym-going and body-building in general have significant health benefits, there is a proportion of individuals who engage in the pursuit of muscularity to a degree that may compromise their wellbeing. This may take the form of significant impacts on physical health but may also manifest as psychological distress or ill health. Physical health risks are often mediated by the adoption of harmful associated practices. These include pharmacological abuse and restrictive and unhealthy dieting. Even the use of nutritional supplements may have risks. Individuals partake in these activities to varying extents, but many will have specific healthcare needs that should be recognised by health professionals
