@article{Ventimiglia2016,
  author    = {Ventimiglia, Giancarlo},
  title     = {On the development of depressive states from a psychodynamic viewpoint},
  journal   = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 24 (No. 1, 2016), pp. 19-30.},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}