The psychoanalytic concept of orality

Sandler, Joseph; Dare, Christopher

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“…In addition, depressed persons show various oral traits of character. (p. 389) Similar conclusions have been expressed by other writers (Abraham, 1927;Freud, 1917Freud, /1957, some of whom have suggested a more precise association, relating fixation at the early phase of the oral stage of psychosexual 336 The Journal of Psychology development to restrictive and harsh oral experiences, and leading to depression (Freud, 1933(Freud, /1964Glover, 1925;Sandler & Dare, 1970). Sandler and Dare suggest that the orally frustrated or ungratified character has a characteristically pessimistic outlook on life that may be associated with moods of depression, attitudes of withdrawal, passive-receptive attitudes, feelings of insecurity and a constant need of reassurance.…”

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Oral Pessimism and Depressive Symptoms

Lewis

1993

The Journal of Psychology

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I examined the relation of oral optimistic and oral pessimistic personality traits to depressive symptoms to assess the psychoanalytic claim that fixation at the early phase of the oral stage of psychosexual development is related to depression. College students (N = 140) were administered the Oral Optimism Questionnaire (OOQ; Kline, 1978) and Oral Pessimism Questionnaire (OPQ; Kline, 1978) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, Ward, Mendelsohn, Mock, & Erbaugh, 1961). Oral pessimism and levels of depressive symptoms were positively correlated, and a subsample of subjects with clinical levels of depressive symptoms also scored significantly higher on the Oral Pessimism Questionnaire than the rest of the sample. For the whole sample, 10 BDI items correlated significantly with the OPQ scores, and 5 OPQ items correlated significantly with the total BDI scores. The psychoanalytic claim relating fixation at the oral pessimism stage to depressive symptoms was supported.

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Oral Pessimism and Depressive Symptoms

Lewis

1993

The Journal of Psychology

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“…The plethora of emotional and interpersonal connotations associated with the functions of the jaw and mouth makes these anatomic sites the ideal focus for symbolic portrayal of psychological conflicts (Sandler & Dare, 1970). For some TMD patients, these symptoms are a somatic metaphor, which expresses and resolves pre‐existing or concurrent psychological conflicts (Barsky & Klerman, 1983).…”

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On‐line computerized diagnosis of pain‐related disability and psychological status of TMD patients: a pilot study

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Hoe

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J of Oral Rehabilitation

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Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is a collective term embracing a number of clinical problems, which involve the masticatory musculature, the temporomandibular joint or both. Virtually all theories dealing with the aetiology and treatment of TMD have recognized the importance of psychological factors. This paper reports the development of a computerized on-line program (NUS TMD v1.1) for the diagnosis of pain-related disability and psychological status of TMD patients based on Axis II of the research diagnostic criteria (RDC)/TMD (Dworkin, S.F. & LeResche, L. 1992. Journal of Craniomandibular Disorders: Facial Oral Pain, 6, 301), which was developed to redress the lack of diagnostic criteria in TMD research. Methods adopted by RDC/TMD for use in assessing Axis II status include a seven-item questionnaire for grading chronic pain severity, the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) and a jaw disability checklist. A pilot study, based on 37 new TMD patient records, was conducted to study the pain-related disability and psychological status of TMD patients using this newly developed program. The mean age of the predominantly Chinese population (86.5%) was 32.19 years (range 20-72 years) with a sex distribution of 24 females and 13 males. Most patients (78%) had low disability, with 12 patients having low intensity and 17 patients having high intensity pain. Approximately 73% of the sample population were moderately or severely depressed. Patients that were moderately and severely depressed had significantly higher scores for limitation related to mandibular functioning than normal patients. The three most frequent jaw disabilities were: eating hard foods (84%), yawning (78%) and chewing (65%).

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“…Thus Sandler and Dare (1970) note that "Simply because the disturbance involves oral function it should not be inferred that the psychopathology of the disturbance either represents the revival of infantile oral drive or originated in early infancy" (p. 215).…”

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Bulimia: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Schwartz

1986

J Am Psychoanal Assoc

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Bulimia, the syndrome of food binging often followed by purging has been reported to be increasing in recent years. This communication reviews the psychoanalytic understanding of eating disorders, focusing on the pathology of early object relations and later intrapsychic conflicts over incestuous impregnation fantasies. Ancillary symptoms of kleptomania, laxative abuse, and vegetarianism are discussed, and associations with masturbatory conflicts and early adolescent phallic activity, i.e., horseback riding, are elaborated.

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The psychoanalytic concept of orality

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Oral Pessimism and Depressive Symptoms

Oral Pessimism and Depressive Symptoms

On‐line computerized diagnosis of pain‐related disability and psychological status of TMD patients: a pilot study

Bulimia: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

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