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June 14, 1960. METAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PHOBIAS. Max Schur, M.D.
In this study phobias are investigated from five metapsychological aspects. Genetically, they are examined from the hierarchal levels of various types of danger situations as well as the hierarchy of types of responses to danger situations including inborn mechanisms, discharge apparatus, desomatization, and regression. Structurally, the mutual interdependence of ego function, drive development, and superego structure are studied in so far as they contribute to the formation of phobias. The modus operandi of cathexis and its withdrawal, de-and re-somatization of responses, deneutralization, and the role of the primary