Theory IV: Freud’s Structural Theory

PSA - Fall 2015

Second Year Candidates

11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.

Herbert Stein, M.D.

Eli Greenberg, M.D.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Institute for Psychoanalytic Education (IPE). The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [number of credits] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

* = available on PEP-Web, online, not provided by the institute

Between 1920 and 1926, Freud revolutionized his own psychoanalytic theory. Although,

his work from this period has often been referred to as the 'structural model,' the period

can better be understood as a radical transformation of each aspect of psychoanalytic

metapsychology: economic, dynamic and topographical. Freud entirely reworked his

theories of the drives, psychic structure, as well as anxiety and defense. Each of the three

texts (Beyond the Pleasure Principle, The Ego and the Id, and Inhibitions, Symptoms, and

Anxiety) represents a significant and interrelated step in this radical re-theorizing of

psychoanalysis. The objective of the course is for students to better understand Freud's

complex, later theoretical transformations and to appreciate their formative impact on the

various schools of psychoanalysis which came afterward.

READING LIST

All readings available on PEP-Online.

Week 1: (Review and Preview) Freud (1917) Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

pp. 295-top 299.

Week 2: Freud. (1920) Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Chapters 1-4

Week 3: Freud. (1920) Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Chapters 5-7

Week 4: Freud. (1923) The Ego and the Id. Preface, Chapters 1-2

Week 5: Freud. (1923) The Ego and the Id. Chapter 4 (Drives)

Week 6: Freud (1917) Mourning and Melancholia pp. 247 (middle) to 249 (middle)

Freud. (1923) The Ego and the Id. Chapters 3 and 5 (superego)

Weeks 7: Freud. (1926) Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety. Chapters 1-4

Weeks 8: Freud. (1926) Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety. Chapters 5-7

Weeks 9: Freud. (1926) Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety. Chapters 8-10

Week 10: Review and Catch-up.