PSYCHODYNAMIC FACTORS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF COMPENSATION NEUROSIS

Citation
A. Hodges et al., PSYCHODYNAMIC FACTORS IN THE ETIOLOGY OF COMPENSATION NEUROSIS, Medicine, Science and the Law, 36(1), 1996, pp. 77-79
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Law,Pathology
ISSN journal
00258024
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
77 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-8024(1996)36:1<77:PFITEO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
These three cases illustrate the importance of psychodynamic factors i n the genesis of some cases of compensation neurosis, with the neurosi s being seen as the expression of current and past rejections. These c laimants had all experienced major early loss which they had denied; t heir rigid coping mechanisms focused upon hard work, reliability and p roviding, which enabled them to belong and feel valued. They decompens ated when inability to work compromised these defences.