TY - JOUR A1 - Ventimiglia, Giancarlo T1 - On the development of depressive states from a psychodynamic viewpoint T2 - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 24 (No. 1, 2016), pp. 19-30. N2 - The author analyzes the temporal dimension of depression by making reference to one of the clinical cases he treated and re-examining a clinical case analyzed by Edith Jacobson. According to the result of his observations, the developmental psychodynamics of a depressive state normally appears to take place in two distinct phases: a first narcissistic loss, which gives rise to an integrative conflict and to the formation of a certain identificatory structure, is later followed by a second narcissistic loss, which leads to the real depressive state. The two phases present a specific, intrinsic connection constituted by the implication of the same identificatory element of the self, recognition of which can favour a clinical work that more closely adheres to the deep dynamics of depression. Y1 - 2016 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-Fromm/frontdoor/index/index/docId/30598 ER -