No: 35 / THE PSYCHIC DEAD-ENDS OF ADDICTED SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF A DIPSOMANIA CASE BY PROJECTIVE TESTS

  • THE PSYCHIC DEAD-ENDS OF ADDICTED SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF A DIPSOMANIA CASE BY PROJECTIVE TESTS

    Neval Sipahi
    Summary :

    In this study, the psychic world of a dipsomaniac case; specifically, pregenital problematic, the dominance of the death drive and the failure of the mourning process are evaluated by projective tests. As a result of Rorschach Test, depressive affection and melancholic themes manifest as well as the manifestations of manifestations of anxiety of object loss and themes of death are studied in terms of addiction problematic via Thematic Apperception Test.

    Keywords : Addiction, Dipsomania, Object Loss, Mourning, Destructivity.