Citation

Marjorie R, Anne-Valérie M. Bull. Psychol. (Paris) 2018; 557(5): 855-867.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Universite de Paris. Groupe D Etudes de Psychologie)

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Abstract

In this article, we analyze the results of the Rorschach test using the Paris School's psychoanalytic method of interpretation. The test was carried out in a child welfare establishment and a psychiatric hospital for teenagers on three boys aged 11, 13, and 15 who were sexually abused when they were children. The analysis allows us to highlight three recurrent items: apprehension when faced with the first card (which attests to a specific system of defense mechanisms), perseverations (which refer back to identification with the abuser) and a disproportionately high level of anxiety (which indicates fragile body boundaries). These pieces of clinical information point to a psychology at work that is very important for evaluating risk prevention, and for identifying psychotherapeutic areas for the care of these young victims for whom sexual trauma is still active. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Victimization; Hospitals; Child Abuse; child sexual abuse; victims; Sexual Abuse; psychiatric hospitals; Psychiatric Hospitals