The psychoanalytic theory of cognitive development.
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The recent ego-psychological approach to form in art is utilized to understand the significance of form creation to artistic creativity in general. Two kinds of form in art are discussed--"good form" and "perfect form". The first is explained as the means used by the artist's ego to facilitate the expression and communication of latent meanings; the second, as the means used by the artist's ego to order disparate mental elements and to reconcile those opposite wishes, ideas, and emotions, whose opposite valences may endanger the integrity and cohesion of the self. In line with the assumptions presented in the paper, creativity and neurosis are described as two different methods used by the ego to solve the same underlying problems.
The similarities between the process of creativity in art and science and the phenomenon of insight in psychoanalysis are examined according to the four criteria of thought: categorization, abstraction, context, and association. The thesis is that both creativity and insight are based on a synthesis of the operational modes of the primary and secondary processes.
The establishment of a psychiatric ward in a general hospital with modern therapeutic milieu orientation will necessitate certain changes and create problems of the following nature: (1) The psychiatric ward as a 'deviant' department within the social system of the general hospital. (2) The transition of the traditional approaches to the modern trend within the team of the department. The patient is required to develop an attitude of active participation. (3) The group setup of open ward groups in contrast to the more familiar orthodox out-patient groups are discussed. (4) Ward life discussed as a time-limited experience taken out of life situation. The change in attitude of the doctor will have to be more integrative by being able to deal with various levels and depth of behavior and functioning in multiple ways as related to the patient and his community.