Trauma, dream, and psychic change in psychoanalyses: a dialog between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience August 23, 2013 T. Fischmann, M. Russ, M. Leuzinger‐Bohleber
Psychoanalysis and neuroscience can be bridged to study trauma and depression. In an experimental study, neurophysiological changes (fMRI) associated with psychoanalytic treatment were investigated in chronically depressed patients. Changes in the manifest content of dreams were quantified using two independent methods: assessment by the treating psychoanalyst and analysis by an independent evaluator using a standardized method (Moser method). Preliminary results from single cases suggest that psychoanalysis-induced transformation can be assessed objectively.