PEP | Article - International Journal of Psychoanalysis. XLVII, 1966: Considerations on the Development of Symbiosis, Symbiotic Psychosis, and the Nature of Separation Anxiety. Hyman Weiland. Pp. 1-5.

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Abstract

Symbiosis is not only a normal phenomenon but can be considered a primitive means of coping with anxiety. Excessive infantile anxiety perpetuates clinging that interferes with the development of normal object relationships. This accounts for the prominence of symbiosis in childhood psychosis.

PEP | Article - International Journal of Psychoanalysis. XLVII, 1966: Considerations on the Development of Symbiosis, Symbiotic Psychosis, and the Nature of Separation Anxiety. Hyman Weiland. Pp. 1-5. - The Psychoanalytic Quarterly