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Oct 1, 1989 · The theory of structural dissociation, based on Janet's thinking and later neurobiological studies, forms the primary theoretical basis for what we today call trauma treatment.
Janet's dissociation theory is outlined, focusing on 9 concepts developed or elaborated by Janet: psychological automatism, consciousness, subconsciousness, narrowed field of consciousness, dissociation, amnesia, suggestibility, fixed idea, and emotion.
- Onno van der Hart, Rutger Horst
- 1989
Although the concept of dissociation had been described earlier, Pierre Janet was the first to show clearly and systematically how it is the most direct psychological defense against overwhelming traumatic experiences.
His dissociation theory is outlined here as a background for Janet's specific studies of trauma, it is based on nine concepts developed or elaborated by Janet: psychological automatism, consciousness, subconciousness, narrowed field of consciousness, dissociation, amnesia, suggestibility, fixed idea, and emotion.
- Onno van der Hart, Rutger Horst
- 1989
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- Relevance of Janet's Work for Contemporary Psychiatry
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In this reappraisal of the work of Pierre Janet at the centenary of the publication of Líautomatisme psychologique, the authors review his investigations into the mental processes that transform traumatic experiences into psychopathology. Janet was the first to systematically study dissociation as the crucial psychological process with which the or...
In recent years many different clinicians and researchers have rediscovered the role of past trauma in psychopathology and have attempted to find a coherent framework for their observations. Although there is basic consensus on the accuracy of the DSM-III-R descriptions of PTSD and the dissociative disorders, the precise psychological and biologica...
The study of the role of traumatic events in the genesis of psychopathology was central in the discipline of psychiatry during the nineteenth century, culminating at the Salpêtrière with the work of Charcot and Janet. Janet's principal legacy may prove to be the first systematic understanding of how the mind can dissociate in the face of overwhelmi...
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This book explores the legacy left by the pioneering French psychologist, philosopher and psychotherapist (1859–1947), from the relationship between Janet and Freud to the influence of his dissociation theory on contemporary psychotraumatology.
Pierre Marie Félix Janet (French:; 30 May 1859 – 24 February 1947) was a pioneering French psychologist, physician, philosopher, and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory.
