RELATIONAL AMBIVALENCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITY: RE‐READING FREUD'S RAT MAN
German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 337-350, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article offers a close reading of Freud's 1909 case study ‘Bemerkungen über einen Fall von Zwangsneurose’ (‘Rat Man’). I build on Andrew Webber's observation that both psychoanalytic case studies and the literary genre of the novella use the exceptional case to confirm the norm.
Marie Kolkenbrock
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Embodied simulation, body language, and symbolization: understanding somatic symptoms in psychoanalysis. [PDF]
Front PsycholMarkova E, Enache G.
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Depth-oriented group psychotherapy for moral injury with military veterans: relational psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory, mechanisms of action, and clinical implications. [PDF]
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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article offers a Lacanian psychoanalytic interpretation of emerging forms of human–artificial intelligence (AI) relationships, particularly emotionally responsive systems such as AI companions and AI girlfriends. It addresses the notion of “AI psychosis,” understood not as a diagnostic category but as a descriptive term for disturbances ...
Tibor A. Brečka
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Freud's father religion: refinding <i>Moses and Monotheism</i> in 2023. [PDF]
Front PsycholTitelman D.
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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article offers a theoretical analysis, grounded in a critical narrative review within the Freudian‐Lacanian tradition, of how platform algorithms shape contemporary forms of subjectivity and raise new questions for psychoanalytic practice.
Mariana Salles Kehl, Heloisa Caldas
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A matter of psychic life and death: reappraising the death drive and its link to psychosis through the prism of the free energy principle. [PDF]
Front PsycholMellor MJ.
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Balint Groups: A Catalytic Collaboration Between General Practice and Psychoanalysis
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper explores the foundations of Balint groups, a method for studying clinical relationships and countertransference. Enid and Michael Balint began holding seminars with general practitioners at the Tavistock Clinic in 1950, aiming to apply psychoanalytic principles to understand the doctor‐patient relationship.
Robert V. Dyer +2 more
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Western Liberal‐Democratic Norms and Values: Why and How They Should Be Taught in Schools
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT In many Western liberal‐democratic countries, there have been increasing efforts over recent decades to teach democratic norms and values in the primary and secondary school systems. However, there has been little agreement on how such democratic education can be effectively implemented. This article argues that an underlying core principle of
Lars Dietrich, Petra Weber
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Integrating neuropsychoanalytic and neuropsychiatric perspectives into psychiatric clinical neuroscience curricula: a conceptual overview. [PDF]
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