Citation

Laimou D. Rorschachiana 2012; 33(2): 108-124.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

10.1027/1192-5604/a000031

PMID

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Abstract

This article discusses the results of a current research that explores the psychic function of 17 suicidal adolescents aged from 13 to 17 years through projective tests and a clinical interview.The paper focuses on the tendency of these adolescents to respond to the activation of drives in two extreme ways: the compulsion toward the diffusion of instincts, as a result of excessive excitation; and a state of inhibition, resulting from being cut off from the sources of these drives, in an effort to protect from the severe consequences of the diffusion effect. This paper contributes to the comprehension of internal factors that can lead teenagers to commit suicide. In addition, the paper aims to aid in the development of an epistemological andmethodological approachwithin the field of projective assessment through Rorschach concerning what are perhaps the most central and controversial concepts in the theoretical framework of psychoanalysis: aggressive drives, diffusion, and death drives. © 2012 Hogrefe Publishing.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescence; Suicide attempt; Rorschach; Aggressive drives; Death drives