Psychoanalytic Contributions to Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Developmental Theory.
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Conceptual/theoretical paper with no empirical human data
PubMed 38426752 · doi:10.1521/pdps.2024.52.1.18
What was done
This paper presents a conceptual overview of Erik Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory across the lifespan (from birth to death), examining how epigenetic crises and developmental milestones are applied in psychodynamic psychiatry and psychotherapy.
What was found
The abstract reports no empirical data, statistical analyses, or quantitative results; it describes a conceptual framework.
Why it matters
It highlights how Erikson's classic developmental model can be utilized by clinicians to evaluate individuals against normative and pathological milestones across different life stages.
Limits
The work is a theoretical review rather than an empirical study. It contains no human subject sample, no comparator group, no quantitative or qualitative outcome measurements, and no test of clinical validity or efficacy.
Cited by
- context Erik Erikson's work proposed that every decade of life features a conflict that must be resolved to progress to the next stage of life.