The many faces of neuropsychoanalysis - from the classic theoretical concepts of acting out and enactment to object relations and the motivational-energization aspects of brain injury

摘要

Psychoanalytic theory attempts to advance previous conceptualizations of its main ideas to improve our understanding of the human mind. By relying on clinical observations and the construction of hypotheses, crucial themes are questioned, discussed, and elaborated. Although things are changing, within psychoanalysis proper it is still relatively rare to see the inclusion of knowledge coming from fields different from psychoanalysis. Neuropsychoanalysis has always provided a space for integrating models and data from other disciplines. This issue presents several outstanding papers that take up that challenge, and cover important topics such as object relations theory, enactment and acting out, and the motivation/energization function of the mental apparatus.