RT Journal
A1 Breitner I
T1 AN assimilative view of neurosis
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD June 30
VO 208
IS 13
SP 2475
OP 2476
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160130059022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160130059022
AB To the Editor:— 
    I would like to present some observations that led me to a different view of neurosis, a view that I think gives a better understanding of the problem. I see neurosis as an assimilated negative parental attitude (—PA): assimilation, incorporation of indifference, mistrust, rejection, disinterest, and dissatisfaction.After years of psychiatric practice, I could see only one clue, only one way to understand patients' feelings; to see it as a result of parental attitudes. I was impressed how much this attitude means— whether a parent trusts or mistrusts, has confidence or doubt and disappointment in his child. I began to realize that we all feel and see ourselves as our parents did.One can't be happy and satisfied if his parents were dissatisfied with him. One can't be pleased if they were disappointed in him. He can't trust if they didn't trust him, can't love if he