Assignment 2:Case of Anna O
One of the very first cases that caught Freuds attention when he was starting to develop his psychoanalytic theory was that of Anna O a patient of fellow psychiatrist Josef Breuer. Although Freud did not directly treat her he did thoroughly analyze her case as he was fascinated by the fact that her hysteria was cured by Breuer. It is her case that he believes was the beginning of the psychoanalytic approach.
Through your analysis of this case you will not only look deeper into Freuds psychoanalytic theory but also see how Jungs neo-psychoanalytic theory compares and contrasts with Freuds theory.
Review the following:
The Case of Anna O.
One of the first cases that inspired Freud in the development of what would eventually become the Psychoanalytic Theory was the case of Anna O. Anna O. was actually a patient of one of Freuds colleagues Josef Breuer. Using Breuers case notes Freud was able to analyze the key facts of Anna Os case.
Anna O. first developed her symptoms while she was taking care of her very ill father with whom she was extremely close. Some of her initial symptoms were loss of appetite to the extent of not eating weakness anemia and development a severe nervous cough. Eventually she developed a severe optic headache and lost the ability to move her head which then progressed into paralysis of both arms. Her symptoms were not solely physical as she would vacillate between a normal mental state and a manic-type state in which she would become extremely agitated. There was even a notation of a time for which she hallucinated that the ribbons in her hair were snakes.
Toward the end of her fathers life she stopped speaking her native language of German and instead only spoke in English. A little over a year after she began taking care of her father he passed away. After his passing her symptoms grew to affect her vision a loss of ability to focus her attention more extreme hallucinations and a number of suicidal attempts (Hurst 1982).
Both Freud and Jung would acknowledge that unconscious processes are at work in this woman’s problems. However they would come to different conclusions about the origin of these problems and the method by which she should be treated.
Research Freuds and Jungs theories of personality using your textbook the Internet and the Argosy University online library resources. Based on your research respond to the following:
Write a 23-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A3.doc.
Hurst L. C. (1982). What was wrong with Anna O?Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine75(2) 129131.
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