The institution and its ghosts
Hachet, Pascal
The institution and its ghosts - 2019.
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Based upon the works of Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, several psychoanalysts have noted that patients present a “crypt in the Ego” and/or a “ghost work.” However, the institutional impact of these theoretico-clinical entities is rarely studied. The author, a psychologist in a rehabilitation center, presents several hypothesis through a clinical case study, concluding that there exists a double necessity: institutions must abolish the cult of secrecy, and must encourage caregivers to identify and work collectively on psychological “ghosts” which affect the capacity of addicts to live fully.
The institution and its ghosts - 2019.
46
Based upon the works of Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, several psychoanalysts have noted that patients present a “crypt in the Ego” and/or a “ghost work.” However, the institutional impact of these theoretico-clinical entities is rarely studied. The author, a psychologist in a rehabilitation center, presents several hypothesis through a clinical case study, concluding that there exists a double necessity: institutions must abolish the cult of secrecy, and must encourage caregivers to identify and work collectively on psychological “ghosts” which affect the capacity of addicts to live fully.
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