Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	119718
Country	Austria

Category	Psychiatry
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Motivation as developmental coordination: The generative arc as a heuristic framework for psychopathology
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Arif De Mendelssohn, Jürgen Fuchshuber and Henriette Löffler-Stastka
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Corresponding Author	Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Dean, Director, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Postgraduate Unit, Medical University Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Wien, Austria. henriette.loeffler-stastka@meduniwien.ac.at
Key Words	Motivation; Developmental psychopathology; Motivational organization; Treatment resistance; Affective neuroscience; Transdiagnostic framework; Learning and plasticity
Core Tip	Motivational difficulties in psychiatry often reflect how motivation is organized over time rather than the specific content of beliefs or emotions. The generative arc offers a developmentally informed, transdiagnostic heuristic that may help clinicians and researchers think more clearly about rigidity, volatility, and treatment resistance without proposing new diagnoses or mechanisms.
Citation	De Mendelssohn A, Fuchshuber J, Löffler-Stastka H. Motivation as developmental coordination: The generative arc as a heuristic framework for psychopathology. World J Psychiatry 2026; In press

Received	2026-02-04 00:58
Peer-Review Started	2026-02-04 01:00
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-03-04 07:54
Return for Revision	2026-03-04 07:54
Revised	2026-03-09 09:48
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2026-05-27 02:42
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-05-27 06:52
Articles in Press	2026-05-27 06:52
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