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Time sense II. Essay from the psychopathological point of view
G.J. van der Ploeg, D.M.J. Raeyemaeker
In the second paper about the sense of time a description is given of its disturbances in the psychopathology of adult and child. Time and its chronobiological implications and the significance of time in `vitale depressies' are high lighted. The sense of time in some personality disorders and the significance time may have in certain families is described.
In the second part the sense of time in the child is emphasized again. The concept `synchrony' between mother and baby is explained. Lastly a description is given of the disturbance of the sense of time frequentley caused by a fragile ego and infantilism.