Between Dependency and Addiction. Issue 1 (1st January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zusman, José Alberto
• Is Part Of: Psychoanalytic study of the child. Volume 74:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 280
• Page End: 293
• Publication Date: 2021-01-01
• Subjects: Psychoanalysis -- axes of development -- defensesatemporal unconscious -- countertransference -- addiction; Child analysis -- Periodicals; Child Psychiatry; Psychology, Child; Psychoanalysis; Enfants -- Psychanalyse; Child analysis; Psychoanalyse; Kinderen; Kinderanalyse; Aufsatzsammlung; Periodicals; Periodicals; 155.4; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2020.1859304
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0079-7308

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The present paper suggests the existence of two axes of human development: the axis of dependence, associated with human connectedness and the axis of addiction, associated with using inanimate objects to fulfill one's needs. A crucial role of the analyst who treats people with addictions is to promote movement toward the axis of dependence. These ideas are illustrated in reports of psychoanalysis with two very disturbed patients.