PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION
Defining Primary Maternal Preoccupation (PMP) Primary Maternal Preoccupation (PMP) is a critical psychoanalytic concept introduced by the influential British pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott. Postulated in the mid-twentieth century, this theory describes a specific, temporary psychological state that a mother enters, typically beginning in the later stages of pregnancy and intensifying immediately following childbirth. […]