title: [Secondary elaboration of the dream, a key concept for the transcultural encounter].
abstract: Secondary elaboration of the dream has long been considered minor in psychoanalysis. Yet, it is this elaboration that integrates in the dream related work, the significant elements of the dreamer's conscious "vision of the world." As such, it allows entering directly with the dreamer's unconsciousness, whatever his cultural background. Three brief clinical cases illustrate this theoretical conception.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatre, Consultation d'ethnopsychiatrie, Centre Chapelle-aux-Champs, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: Danièle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pierre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004325:Dreams / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology