TY  - JOUR
T1  - AN assimilative view of neurosis
AU  - Breitner I
Y1  - 1969/06/30
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160130059022
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2475
EP  - 2476
VL  - 208
IS  - 13
N2  - 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
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160130059022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160130059022
ER  -