title: The core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT) applied to literary works: an analysis of two novels written by authors suffering from anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Two literary works of authors suffering from anorexia nervosa were analyzed with the method of the core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT) to prove that novels and/or personal accounts may reveal the same maladaptive relationship patterns typically revealed in psychotherapy sessions with this nosologic group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two novels were selected which promised applicability of the CCRT method due to the completeness of the described relationship episodes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After several methodologic adjustments, the application of the CCRT method revealed the different courses and developments of the novels. Both the positive and negative as well as the conscious and unconscious relationship patterns were clearly expressed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate that after certain adjustments, the CCRT method may be successfully applied to data obtained from sources other than psychotherapy sessions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, I, J.W.Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany. stirn@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Aglaja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stirn
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Overbeck
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pokorny
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results