Clinical Studies in Neuropsychoanalysis Revisited by Christian Salas & Oliver Turnbull & Mark Solms

Author:Christian Salas & Oliver Turnbull & Mark Solms [Salas, Christian & Turnbull, Oliver & Solms, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781032036939
Google: TnMszgEACAAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-15T00:06:50.368523+00:00

1.6 Freudian drive theory

Drive is traditionally described as the demand for work on the body, arising from the relationship between mind and body. Drives usually conceived of as without intrinsic representational content, but can be conceptualised as creating ‘pressure’, which is experienced as unpleasure, while drive satisfaction experienced as pleasure (Freud’s pleasure principle; Solms & Zellner, 2012). One way to conceptualise Freudian drive theory is to break it down into distinct elements, as described by Solms and Zellner (2012): source, aim and object. The source gives rise to the drive demand (unpleasure); the aim is the experience of satisfaction when the drive demand is met (pleasure), and the object is that object which has been associated with the aim through learning. Table 8.2 summarises the definition of source, aim and object with the neurobiological correlates. With regard to the current case study, we might reasonably expect that due to dopaminergic deficiency the specific drive element to be affected is the aim.

Table 8.2 Components of Freudian drive theory Component Definition Neurobiological correlates

Source Giving rise to drive: demands on body for work Hypothalamic need detection mechanisms

Aim The experience of satisfaction when the drive demand is met Activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system

Object The object or representation which, through learning, is associated with the aim Cortical encoding and representational processes interacting with sub-cortical areas

From Solms and Zellner (2012).

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