title: [Transitional objects as regression phenomena in demented patients].
abstract: Two demented patients, one with primary degenerative dementia and one with multi-infarct dementia, each showed attachment to a soft toy animal, which fulfilled the criteria of a transitional object as described by Winnicott. This could be regarded as a regression phenomenon, according to the basic pathogenetic concept that cerebral disease causes a dissolution of the highest central nervous functions.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf/Rheinische Landesklinik Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Podoll
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: von der Stein
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stuhlmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kretschmar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011936:Reality Testing; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Ubergangsobjekte als Regressionsphänomene bei dementen Patienten.