CHRONIC OR PERSISTING IDENTITY DIFFUSION

WERNER KOENIGAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 120, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.11.1081

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This paper discusses the psychiatric examination of over 200 former concentration camp survivors in connection with their restitution claims. By extending Erikson's concept of acute identity diffusion at the end of adolescence to the concept of a chronic or persisting identity diffusion, satisfactory theoretical framework for the understanding of the characterological changes in former adolescent camp survivors was developed. The paper seeks to illustrate the theoretical issues by use of general background and direct quotations of the individuals and closes with a short comment on the therapeutic goal.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 120 • Number 11 • May 1964

Pages: 1081 - 1084

PubMed: 14144429

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Published in print: May 1964

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WERNER KOENIG

Adjunct, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Division, Cedars-Sinai Hospitals, Los Angeles, and The Hacker Clinic, 160 Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif.

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CHRONIC OR PERSISTING IDENTITY DIFFUSION

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