Psychic Reality and Psychic Structure as Predicted From the Manifest Content of First Dreams

Franco, Daisy; Levine, Abraham S.

doi:10.1037/e463452008-006

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“…It confirmed our previous findings that initial MDRs contain a high percentage of negative affect, most likely due to the dysphoria experienced by patients in the beginning phase of treatment. Similar to previous anecdotal reports (Beratis, 1984;Franco & Levine, 1969;Kradin, 2006), the generic psychodynamic themes of initial MDRs were highly predictive of core psychodynamic issues that emerged during the ensuing treatment. Transference was evident in almost half of initial MDRs, and was more negative than positive.…”

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Initial and Last Manifest Dream Reports of Patients in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Combined Psychotherapy/Pharmacotherapy

Glucksman¹,

Kramer²

2012

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

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The initial and last manifest dream reports (MDRs) of 30 patients who had either successfully terminated, or continued to make satisfactory progress at an advanced stage of psychodynamic psychotherapy and combined psychotherapy/pharmacotherapy, were rated according to the following variables: Affect and Affect Valence; Affect Valence of Associations and Direction of Association Themes; Dream Narrative; Psychodynamic Formulation; Transference; and Dream Theme. Similar to previous studies, the initial MDRs contained more negative than positive affect. Conversely, the last MDRs contained more positive than negative affect. Associations to initial MDRs contained more negative affect; on the other hand, associations to last MDRs contained more positive affect. Direction of association themes were more negative in initial MDRs and more positive in last MDRs. Dream narratives were more negative in initial MDRs and more positive in last MDRs. Psychodynamic formulations were more negative in initial MDRs and more positive in last MDRs. Transference was more negative in initial MDRs and more positive in last MDRs. Relational and injury dream themes occurred more frequently than others in both initial and last MDRs. Initial MDRs contained more injury dream themes than last MDRs. The findings of this study demonstrate that there is a correlation between MDR variables and clinical improvement during treatment. The patients in this study were selected by MG, the treating therapist, on the basis of satisfactory progress. The MDRs of patients who failed to progress or did poorly were not discussed in this report. The findings, therefore, must be taken as preliminary and indicate the need for further research on manifest dreams during psychotherapy and combined psychotherapy/pharmacotherapy.

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Initial and Last Manifest Dream Reports of Patients in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Combined Psychotherapy/Pharmacotherapy

Glucksman¹,

Kramer²

2012

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

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“…Franco and Levine (1969) concluded that the manifest content of initial dreams provides a relatively undisguised picture of the patient's central neurotic confl icts. Beratis (1984) stated that the initial dream communicates the patient's salient psychodynamic themes.…”

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The Clinical and Predictive Value of the Initial Dream of Treatment

Glucksman

Kramer²

2011

The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynam

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The authors collected the initial dreams of treatment from 63 patients and independently evaluated the manifest dream report (MDR). Variables included: Affect and Valence of Affect; Associations; Psychodynamic Theme; Psychodynamic Theme as Predictor of Core Psychodynamic Issues; Transference; Gender; Psychodynamic Theme Categories; Clinical Progress in relation to Psychodynamic Theme Categories and Transference. The initial MDR invariably contains Affect that is frequently Negative. The Psychodynamic Themes of MDRs are dependable predictors of Core Psychodynamic Issues that emerge during treatment. Transference is evident in a significant number of MDRs and is often Negative. Gender of the majority of MDRs is predictable. The most frequent Psychodynamic Themes of initial MDRs fall into Relational and Injury Categories. Relational and Injury Themes, as well as Positive and Negative Transference, are associated with clinical progress. This study confirms that the initial MDR of treatment provides a significant amount of clinical and predictive information.

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“…Although Freud himself was skeptical of the manifest dream, treating it merely as a disguise of deeper meanings, recent psychoanalytic writers (e.g., Arlow and Brenner, 1964;Franco and Levine, 1969;Green, Ullman, and Tauber, 1968) propose that the manifest dream reflects all levels of the psyche and thus affords a revealing and valid glimpse of psychic function ing even without associations.…”

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Oedipus in Hindu Dreams, Gandhi's Life and Erikson's Concepts

Grey

1973

Contemporary Psychoanalysis

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Psychic Reality and Psychic Structure as Predicted From the Manifest Content of First Dreams

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Initial and Last Manifest Dream Reports of Patients in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Combined Psychotherapy/Pharmacotherapy

Initial and Last Manifest Dream Reports of Patients in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Combined Psychotherapy/Pharmacotherapy

The Clinical and Predictive Value of the Initial Dream of Treatment

Oedipus in Hindu Dreams, Gandhi's Life and Erikson's Concepts

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