ABSTRACT:
The concept of symbiosis in psychoanalysis: a literature review. The aim of this study was to conduct a review in literature on the concept of symbiosis in psychoanalysis and its relationship with psychopathology of psychoses, especially those diagnosed in males. The study focused on linking the concept to the subject of object relations, and reviewed some of the major psychoanalytic theories. The approaches were grouped in order to present the perspectives of classical theories, followed by the formulations of some contemporary studies which investigate the matter.
Keywords:
Symbiosis; object relations; psychoanalysis; psychosis; mother-son relationship