André Green
French psychoanalyst of Egyptian origin. Developed the dead mother concept and explored borderline states between neurosis and psychosis.
Books
- The Dead Mother (1980)
Green describes the dead mother complex: a psychically absent mother who leaves a central void in the child's emotional life, generating narcissistic depression.
- On Private Madness (1986)
A collection of essays on borderline states, the private madness that does not manifest socially but devastates the patient's inner life.