Psyche and anorexia: the-name-of-the-mother
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How is anorexia related to the psychic apparatus? What defense mechanisms are dominating the psyche’s function? What significance may have the incomplete response to anti–psychotic treatments? We explored the scenario of the foreclusion function applied to another unconscious element different from the authority element. of the unconscious. As authority can be related to a father figure as The-Name-of-the-Father, the life origin may be related to a mother figure as The-Name-of-the-Mother (TNM). Is it the foreclusion of TNM that possibly yields a psychic pathway to anorexia? Is this related to the narcissistic disturbances related to anorexia and the reduced efficacy of pharmacological treatments?