Abstract

KORBIVCHER, Célia Fix. Bion and Tustin: The autistic phenomena and Bion’s reference system: a proposal for approach. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2007, vol.41, n.2, pp. 54-62. ISSN 0486-641X.

The author verifies the possibility of incorporating Bion’s reference system, the autistic phenomena for neurotic patients as described by Tustin. She expands the discussion which was initiated in previous papers in regard to "autistic transformations", aiming to verify the coherence within the theory of transformations as a whole. For this reason, she examines the relationship between autistic phenomena and emotional bonding with beta elements and also tries to locate them in the grid. She questions about which of the mental dimensions would belong to autistic phenomena. The incorporation of autistic phenomena, according to Bion, results in an enlargement in this reference in the field of phenomena, from the neurosis and psychosis area to the autistic one. She develops a discussion regarding the possible disorganization that this enlargement can provoke in the theoretical system utilized by Bion in Transformations.

Keywords : Bion’s reference system; Autistic phenomena; Emotional bonds; Beta elements; Tropisms; Grid.

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