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The Medea Complex: The Mother's Homicidal Wishes to her Child

Published:1948-04 Issue:395 Volume:94 Page:321-331
ISSN:0368-315X
Container-title:Journal of Mental Science
language:en
Short-container-title:J. ment. sci

Author:

Stern Edward S.

Abstract

A Complex is a group of emotionally invested ideas that have unconscious activities. Contrary though it be to the popular and sentimental idea of an overriding mother love, it is common, especially in child psychiatry, to find a mother's lively hatred and even homicidal wishes towards her child. I consider that this should be called “The Medea Complex.”

Publisher

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Subject

General Medicine

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