A Jungian Formulation of Schizophrenia

In this paper published in the American Journal of Psychotherapy in 1956, John Weir Perry lays out a Jungian view of schizophrenia as an irruption of symbolic archetypal images and processes into the field of consciousness. These symbols represent the essence of the psychotic process and can point t...

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Published in:Jung journal 2022-01, Vol.16 (1), p.33-42
Main Author: Perry, John Weir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
archetypes
death and rebirth
John Perry
Jung
Schizophrenia
self
symbolism
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Summary:In this paper published in the American Journal of Psychotherapy in 1956, John Weir Perry lays out a Jungian view of schizophrenia as an irruption of symbolic archetypal images and processes into the field of consciousness. These symbols represent the essence of the psychotic process and can point to a healing process. More specifically, the symbols of catatonic schizophrenia almost invariably are found to contain a death and rebirth pattern as illustrated in the case of a hospitalized patient with whom he worked over a period of six months.
ISSN:1934-2039
1934-2047
DOI:10.1080/19342039.2022.2016317