The Mark of the Decanting and the Brick Mother Report.

Journal: Psychoanalytic review

Volume: 110

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2023

Affiliated Institutions:  Coralie Trotter, C French Lane, Morningside, Sandton, Johannesburg, , South Africa, E-mail: coralie@tiscali.co.za.

Abstract summary 

The authors explore the value of using psychoanalysis in a community and a social justice setting. A so-called Mental Health Marathon Project in South Africa left human wreckage in its wake. Psychoanalysis, as a conjunction between ordinary human interaction and psychoanalytic awareness (Parsons, 2007), provided a way of thinking and intervening in this context so that the families were provided with holding and containment, forensic goals were also achieved in the form of an expert report. This document, named the "Brick Mother Report" (Steiner, as cited in Rey, 1994), attempts to make psychological sense of the impact of the Marathon Project.

Authors & Co-authors:  Trotter Coralie C Laing Bruce B Tlooko Ntshediseng N

Study Outcome 

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Citations : 
Authors :  3
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1521/prev.2023.110.1.49
SSN : 1943-3301
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Humans
Other Terms
anti-brick mother;brick mother;decanting;dehumanization;double register;ethos;fractal;home;internal and external setting
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
South Africa
Publication Country
United States