Allan Compton

The concept of identification in the work of Freud, Ferenczi, and Abraham: a review and commentary.

The development of the concept of identification in the work of Freud, Ferenczi, and Abraham is reviewed and analyzed from the standpoint of the development of the psychoanalytic object concept in general. Problems in the theory are seen to be related to ambiguity of the terms, ego and object, especially as reflected in the idea of introjection. The concept of identification, on the other hand, is shown to have undergone consistent evolution and expansion.

On the psychoanalytic theory of instinctual drives. IV: Instinctual drives and the ego-id-superego model.

Freuds work on instinctual drives from 1916 to 1939 is reviewed and related to his earlier drive and structure propositions. A summary of the series of four papers on the evolution of Freuds drive theory is presented.

The Psychoanalytic View of Phobias: Part III: Agoraphobia and Other Phobias of Adults

This is the third part of a review and commentary on the psychoanalytic literature on phobias. This section takes up agoraphobia and other phobias of adults, and suggests further avenues for interpenetration of psychoanalytic and psychiatric approaches.

The psychoanalytic view of phobias. Part I: Freud's theories of phobias and anxiety.

This paper initiates a series of communications on psychoanalytic and current psychiatric approaches to the understanding and treatment of phobic syndromes with a review and discussion of Freuds evolving ideas on phobias and anxiety. A list of issues that any theory of phobic syndromes must address is compiled on the basis of Freuds work.

The psychoanalytic view of phobias. Part IV: General theory of phobias and anxiety.

This is the final part of the work on the psychoanalytic view of phobias. Here we consider general views of phobias, developments and issues in the psychoanalytic theory of anxiety, as it relates to phobias, and take up aspects of some broader theoretical issues, including nosology.