DORA CONVERSION SYNDROME - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PREHISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

Authors
BLUM HP
Citation
Hp. Blum, DORA CONVERSION SYNDROME - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PREHISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, The Psychoanalytic quarterly, 63(3), 1994, pp. 518-535
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
The Psychoanalytic quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332828
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
518 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2828(1994)63:3<518:DCS-AC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The culture and society in which patient and analyst live and work may silently impinge upon the analytic situation. The Dora case exemplifi es the influence of pervasive sociocultural anti-Semitism on the patie nt's personality development and psychological problems. Identificatio ns with aggressor and victim were significant clinical and social issu es. In its cultural and historical dimensions, the Dora case reflects some pathogenic roots of the Holocaust.