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Assignment 2: Case of Anna O

One of the very first cases that caught Freud’s attention when he was starting to develop his psychoanalytic theory was that of Anna O, a patient of fellow psychiatrist Josef Breuer. Although Freud did not directly treat her, he did thoroughly analyze her case as he was fascinated by the fact that her hysteria was “cured” by Breuer. It is her case that he believes was the beginning of the psychoanalytic approach.

Through your analysis of this case, you will not only look deeper into Freud’s psychoanalytic theory but also see how Jung’s neo-psychoanalytic theory compares and contrasts with Freud’s theory.

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The Case of Anna O.

One of the first cases that inspired Freud in the development of what would eventually become the Psychoanalytic Theory was the case of Anna O. Anna O. was actually a patient of one of Freud’s colleagues Josef Breuer. Using Breuer’s case notes, Freud was able to analyze the key facts of Anna O’s case.

Anna O. first developed her symptoms while she was taking care of her very ill father with whom she was extremely close. Some of her initial symptoms were loss of appetite to the extent of not eating, weakness, anemia, and development a severe nervous cough. Eventually she developed a severe optic headache and lost the ability to move her head, which then progressed into paralysis of both arms. Her symptoms were not solely physical as she would vacillate between a normal, mental state and a manic-type state in which she would become extremely agitated. There was even a notation of a time for which she hallucinated that the ribbons in her hair were snakes.

Toward the end of her father’s life she stopped speaking her native language of German and instead only spoke in English. A little over a year after she began taking care of her father he passed away. After his passing her symptoms grew to affect her vision, a loss of ability to focus her attention, more extreme hallucinations, and a number of suicidal attempts (Hurst, 1982).

Both Freud and Jung would acknowledge that unconscious processes are at work in this woman's problems. However, they would come to different conclusions about the origin of these problems and the method by which she should be treated.

Research Freud’s and Jung’s theories of personality using your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources. Based on your research, respond to the following:

  • Compare and contrast Freud's view of the unconscious with Jung's view and apply this case example in your explanations.
  • On what specific points would they agree and disagree regarding the purpose and manifestation of the unconscious in the case of Anna?
  • How might they each approach the treatment of Anna? What might be those specific interventions? How might Anna experience these interventions considering her history?

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A3.doc.

Hurst, L. C. (1982). What was wrong with Anna O? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 75(2), 129–131.

By Wednesday, May 4, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Compared and contrasted Freud's view of the unconscious with Jung's view and applied Anna’s example in explanations.

32

Identified points of agreement and disagreement between the two theorists regarding the purpose and manifestation of the unconscious with examples from the case study.

28

Analyzed how Freud and Jung would approach Anna’s treatment with specific interventions and discussed how these would affect Anna.

20

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

20

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It is a fact that the origin of the psychoanalysis theory was actually the case study of “Anna
O”. Bertha Pappenheim was the real name of Anna and came from Vienna. When her father died,
Bertha built up a number of weird manifestations that were weird. Bertha was only 20 years old when
she developed these abnormal manifestations including loss of motion, strong fits, foggy vision, loss of
consciousness, mental trips, severe cough as well as periods and she failed to comprehend German
which was her local dialect and she needed to communicate in French and English (Borch-Jacobsen,
2014). According to her physician Josef Breuer who was Sigmund Freud collegue Bertha was in total
confusion. He advised her to have Hysteria. Her case was interesting to the point of being published in
books. Freud and Breuer teamed up to work on this issue. Both had different perspectives in the
examination and treatment of this case. Jung added more on the part of unconscious and mostly on
particular parts of analysis that differed...


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