title: [Representation and structure from a developmental psychopathology perspective].
abstract: An attempt to define "psychic structure" leads to the conclusion, that "structure" provides adaptive behavioral strategies for the interaction of the person with a physical and social world by representing experiences of earlier interactions in memory processes. Compatibility of different definitions of "structure" in psychopathology and psychoanalysis is being discussed. Developmental aspects of a "theory of mind" in children and of different modes of representation have to be addressed. A "multiple code theory" of W. Bucci is introduced. Conclusions for diagnosis and therapy in psychodynamic approaches will be drawn. It has to be faced, that children represent optimal structures in each level of psychic development, noting the importance of age-relevant normative measures.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Resch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011599:Psychopathology; D019455:Self Psychology
vernacular_title: Repräsentanz und Struktur als entwicklungspsychopathologisches Problem.