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[The psychodynamic aspects of suicidal behavior]. 1992

J Modestin

Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Bern.

The psychodynamic basis of suicidal behavior is investigated from the standpoint of the psychology of drive, ego, object relations, and self. Each of these four perspectives helps us understand the different aspects of suicidal behavior, the psychodynamics of which cannot be formulated in terms of a unique generally valid and all encompassing concept. The high degree of aggressive potential, the ocnophile personality and the pronounced narcissistic vulnerability appear as central conceptions regarding suicidal behavior.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009289	Narcissism	A psychoanalytic term meaning self-love.	Narcissisms
D009769	Object Attachment	Emotional attachment to someone or something in the environment.	Bonding (Psychology),Bonds, Emotional,Emotional Bonds,Object Relations,Symbiotic Relations (Psychology),Bonding, Psychological,Object Relationship,Psychological Bonding,Attachment, Object,Attachments, Object,Bond, Emotional,Bondings (Psychology),Emotional Bond,Object Attachments,Object Relation,Object Relationships,Relation, Object,Relation, Symbiotic (Psychology),Relations, Object,Relations, Symbiotic (Psychology),Relationship, Object,Relationships, Object,Symbiotic Relation (Psychology)
D010553	Personality Development	Growth of habitual patterns of behavior in childhood and adolescence.	Development, Personality
D011574	Psychoanalytic Theory	Conceptual system developed by Freud and his followers in which unconscious motivations are considered to shape normal and abnormal personality development and behavior.	Oral Character,Psychoanalytical Theory,Theory, Psychoanalytic,Character, Oral,Characters, Oral,Oral Characters,Psychoanalytic Theories,Psychoanalytical Theories,Theories, Psychoanalytic,Theories, Psychoanalytical,Theory, Psychoanalytical
D004532	Ego	The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.	Self,Egos
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000374	Aggression	Behavior which may be manifested by destructive and attacking action which is verbal or physical, by covert attitudes of hostility or by obstructionism.	Aggressions
D013405	Suicide	The act of killing oneself.	Suicides