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- 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. He demonstrated that dissociative phenomena play an important role in widely divergent post-traumatic stress responses
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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
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
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.
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 psy- chological defence against overwhelming traumatic experiences.
