Object relations in depression : a return to theory / by Lubbe, Trevor, 1952-

“…"This book examines the role of British Object Relations Theory in order to explore our understanding and treatment of depression. …”

Donald Woods Winnicott by D Ambuja

“…Donald Woods Winnicott was an English Paediatrician and a Psychoanalyst who contributed to the field of Object Relations Theory and Developmental Psychology.Winnicott described himself as a disturbed adolescent, reacting against his own self-restraining “goodness” trying to assuage the dark moods of his mother, which were the seeds of self-awareness and became the basis of his interest in working with troubled young people.1 Winnicott’s focus highlighted the very start of life as his psychoanalytic clinical findings illuminated the significance of the parental role in early object relations.4 Thus, at the core of Winnicott’s contributions are the Parent-Infant Relationship,4 True Self And False Self and Play And Reality.6…”
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The Struggle of Integration: James Baldwin and Melanie Klein in the Context of Black Lives Matter by David W McIvor

“…In conversation with the work of Baldwin, object relations theory can help to identify particular social settings and institutions that might allow concrete efforts toward racial justice to take root.…”
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The epidemiology of lost meaning: a study in the psychology of religion and existential public health by Cecilia Melder

“…The working theories and basic perspectives in this article are drawn from health research with attention to the existential dimension, public health from the perspective of the psychology of religion, and object relations theory.…”
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A study of process in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children: the development of a method by Ana Marì­a Luzzi, Daniela Bardi, Laura Ramos, Sara Slapak

“…Objective: The aim of this article is to present the development of a method of analysis of the process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children (MAPPP-C) that is relevant for the study of the psychotherapy process from the perspective of the object relations theory. The process was studied by analysing changes in child patients' anxieties, defence mechanisms, object relations and unconscious phantasies, in each psychoanalytic psychotherapy session and throughout their entire psychotherapy. …”
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Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatric trainees and what can help by Matthew Anastasis, Robert Freudenthal, Jo O'Reilly

“…This position is derived from object relations theory and is characterised by binary thinking, splitting, projection, defensiveness and ‘knee-jerk’ decision-making. …”
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The Relationship between Object Relations and Early Maladaptive Schemas with Borderline Personality Syndrome among the Students of Medical Sciences by فاطمه چمنی, محمود نجفی

“…Aim and Background: One of the principal formulations of borderline personality disorder is based on object relations theory and cognitive schemas. The role of cognitive schemas and object relations in personality disorders has been of interest among the researchers and therapists. …”
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How do Instagram’s clean-eating hashtags influence Orthorexia Nervosa and the sense of self in self-identified Orthorexia Nervosa tendencies: a mixed methods study by Horowitz, Raechel

“…Clinically, the study provides evidence that clinicians can utilise an integrative approach with CBT-E and object-relations theory.…”
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Original article The regulative function of mentalization and mindfulness in borderline personality organization by Monika Marszał, Dominika Górska

“…Background The aim of this study was to broaden the understanding of the emotional difficulties of borderline personality organization (BPO) by reference to a meta-ability named ‘orientation on the internal world’, here conceptualized as mentalization and mindfulness, in the framework of object relation theory. It was assumed that it is not mentalization “in itself”, but mainly its regulatory function, that is important for BPO. …”
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Object Relation Psychoanalytic Criticism On Selected Works of Tennessee Williams by Shakouri, Shadi

“…Loss and unsuccessful reparation, which result in loneliness, anxiety, mourning, melancholia and also dependency, caused by false self and not good-enough mothering, are the major concepts of object relation theory that this study looks into. …”
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