Projective identification, countertransference, and hospital treatment. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The principal purpose of this article is to illustrate the pivotal function of projective identification within the therapeutic milieu of the hospital. A detailed description of crises in the treatment of two patients undergoing long-term inpatient psychiatric treatment is given. These patients suffered from very different psychiatric illnesses; hence, their cases illustrate some features of hospital treatment that cut across different types and degrees of severity of psychopathology.

publication date

  • June 1, 1987

Research

keywords

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Countertransference
  • Hospitalization
  • Identification, Psychological
  • Personality Disorders
  • Projection

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023219366

PubMed ID

  • 3601747

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 2