Acathexis

Acathexis is a psychoanalytic term for a lack of emotional response to significant memories or actual interactions, where such a response would normally be expected.[1]

The term also refers more broadly to a general absence of normal or expected feelings.[2]

Acathexis has been linked to anxiety, bipolar disorder and dementia,[3] while the phenomenon also appears in posttraumatic stress disorder.[4]

See also

References
  1. W. W. Wang, Comprehensive Psychiatry Review (2009) p. 49
  2. R. J. Corsini, The Dictionary of Psychiatry (2002) p. 6
  3. B. J. & V. A. Sadock, Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry (2010) p. 513
  4. D. Goleman, Emotional Intelligence (1996) p. 206

Further reading
  • P. Sifeos, 'Affect. Emotional Conflicts, and Deficits' Psychotherapy-and-Psychosomatics 56 (1991) 116-22
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.