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<i>Fragmentation</i> describes a [[state]] of the self that is the opposite of [[cohesion]]. It is a diagnostic [[sign]].</p>
<p>This [[notion]] appeared in Heinz Kohut's [[1968]] article "The [[Psychoanalytic]] [[Treatment]] of [[Narcissistic]] [[Personality]] Disorders." A sign of the narcissistic personality, as compared with the [[neuroses]], fragmentation triggers disintegration [[anxiety]], a [[counterpart]] of [[castration]] anxiety. The fragmentation corresponding to the auto-[[erotic]] [[stage]] is [[total]] in [[psychosis]], in contrast to the narcissistic personality, in which the self is cohesive. In [[narcissism]], transient fragmentation is seen during [[analysis]] and during certain periods when the self is vulnerable, such as adolescence.</p>
<p>This notion was developed throughout Kohut's [[work]], becoming one of the four fundamental [[concepts]] of self [[psychology]] set forth in "Remarks [[about]] the [[Formation]] of the Self" (1974). To Kohut, narcissistic [[pathology]] tends to be progressively reduced to variations in the state of the self, which is fragmented at the [[preoedipal]] and [[oedipal]] levels. Fragmentation of the self triggers an intensification of the [[drives]], which are redefined as products of the disintegration of the self in the service of its restoration.</p>
<p>Fluctuations in the state of the self are important [[clinical]] data for diagnosis and treatment, but the drives become secondary to the self.</p>
==See Also==
* [[Disintegration]]
* [[Schizophrenia]]
* [[Self]]
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