Acting out and acting up: the superego lacuna revisited.
The diagnostic and psychotherapeutic importance of distinguishing between acting out of unconscious conflict and acting up, or direct expression of impulse, are highlighted. Some applications of the control defect concept to social problems and psychiatric conditions are discussed.
D000184:Acting Out; D000293:Adolescent; D002605:Character; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012940:Social Problems; D013475:Superego; D009626:Terminology as Topic