Osman Marvin P
New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, USA.
Psychoanal Q. 2009 Jul;78(3):765-90. doi: 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2009.tb00412.x.
In the spirit of Freud's invitation to other investigators to elaborate on his "Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis" (1909), the author offers additional and differing views on the case of the Rat Man (Dr. Ernst Langer). These views have been informed by the evolution of psychoanalysis over the past 100 years, especially by the perspective provided by an early-life variant on the Oedipus complex (Osman 2000). The author postulates that an important reason for the happy conclusion of this analysis, surprising for its brevity, was that it expedited a mourning process that released a primitive bond to the patient's father, and also, in doing so, facilitated the emergence of a less encumbered and more individuated identity. While accomplishing this, constricting bonds to his late sister Katherine and to his mother were loosened as well.
本着弗洛伊德邀请其他研究者详细阐述其《一例强迫性神经症的笔记》（1909年）的精神，作者对“鼠人”（欧内斯特·兰格博士）的病例提出了更多不同的观点。这些观点受到了过去100年精神分析学发展的影响，尤其是俄狄浦斯情结早期变体所提供的视角（奥斯曼，2000年）。作者推测，此次分析能得出令人满意的结论，且因其简短而令人惊讶，一个重要原因是它加速了哀悼过程，这个过程释放了与患者父亲的原始纽带，同时也促成了一个负担较轻、更具个性的身份的出现。在实现这一点的同时，与他已故姐姐凯瑟琳以及母亲的紧密纽带也得到了松解。
