Foreclosure (psychoanalysis)

In psychoanalysis, foreclosure (also known as "foreclusion"; French: forclusion) is a specific psychical cause for psychosis, according to French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. == History == According to Élisabeth Roudinesco, the term was originally introduced into psychology in 1928, when Édouard Pichon published, in Pierre Janet's review, his article on "The Psychological Significance of Negation in French": "...[and] borrowed the legal term forclusif to indicate facts that the speaker no longer sees as part of reality".

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