Citation

Ver Eyken P, Meire P. Acta Psychiatr. Belg. 1995; 95(4-5): 171-191.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Acta Psychiatrica Belgica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8525859

Abstract

This report illustrates the difficult differential diagnosis between severe hysteria and psychosis in a young adult in crisis, and the need to elucidate the existing structure underlying the therapeutic approach. Alice's history will be the subject to a theoretic-clinic discussion. It allows to bring out important concepts to support an hypothesis of a neurotic decompensation.

Language: fr

Keywords

Adult; Defense Mechanisms; Dissociative Disorders; Father-Child Relations; Female; Gender Identity; Humans; Hysteria; Mother-Child Relations; Oedipus Complex; Psychoanalytic Interpretation; Suicide, Attempted