On the psychopathology of transitivism and appersonation.
While the phenomena described under the terms transitivism and appersonation are well known, they have not been studied in detail either from the descriptive or from the psychopathological standpoints. Here only a brief reference is made to the descriptive data. An account of the psychopathological hypotheses on which an explanation of the phenomena is based is followed by a discussion of the relevance of the clinical manifestations for a theory of psychosis.
D002409:Cathexis; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007207:Individuation; D009769:Object Attachment; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception