Citation

Bracalenti M. Ann. Ist. Super. Sanita 2004; 40(1): 11-17.

Vernacular Title

Aspetti psicologici connessi all'uso di alcol.

Affiliation

m.bracalenti@tiscalinet.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Istituto superiore di sanit)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15269447

Abstract

Cultural traditions, social surroundings, life cycle phases and psychological reasons are considered the factors that determine the use and abuse of alcohol among women. The psychological mechanisms underlying alcohol consumption are viewed from a psychoanalytic point of view. According to the psychoanalytic theory the different meanings that the consumption of alcohol assumes depend on the unconscious conflicts and the personality structure. The hypothesis is that alcohol represents a "transitional object" unconsciously utilised in a paradoxical way since it expresses, contemporarily, a desire and a defence from the transition, be it between oneself and the others, be it between inner aspects of oneself.

Language: it