Disillusionment and Suicidality: When a Developmental Necessity Becomes a Clinical Challenge
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DOI: 10.1177/0003065118766013
Abstract: Both illusion and disillusion play an important role in development, fostering processes of going-on-being and separation (Winnicott 1960). The capacity to bear disillusionment is both a developmental necessity and an ongoing challenge. Disillusionment penetrates the… read more here.
Keywords: developmental necessity; disillusionment suicidality; challenge disillusionment; necessity ... See more keywords