Un’esplorazione neuroscientifica della dissociazione post-traumatica e la sua rilevanza per l’etica della psicoterapia
A Neuroscientific Exploration of Post-Traumatic Dissociation and its Relevance for an Ethics of Psychotherapy - The first part of the paper presents two hypotheses linking dissociation to traumatic experiences: the idea that the link is an intrapsychic defensive process protecting an individual from...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2013.0033 |
| Summary: | A Neuroscientific Exploration of Post-Traumatic Dissociation and its Relevance for an Ethics of Psychotherapy - The first part of the paper presents two hypotheses linking dissociation to traumatic experiences: the idea that the link is an intrapsychic defensive process protecting an individual from the mental pain of traumatic memories, and the idea that traumatic experiences and memories directly disintegrate higher mental processes. The second part of the paper summarizes the findings of an ongoing research program assessing cortical connectivity (EEG coherence) in a situation of rehearsal of childhood cumulative traumas in the context of attachment relationships. These findings seem to support the hypothesis of a direct, non-defensive, dissociative influence of traumatic memories on cortical connectivity. This leads to a discussion on the possibility for neuroscientific contributions to the ethics of psychotherapy. |
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| ISSN: | 2039-4667 2239-2629 |