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100 1 0 _aJoly, Anne
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700 1 0 _a Dupont, Sébastien
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245 0 0 _aJulie and “Milord”: From Early Emotional Deprivation to the Creation of an Imaginary Companion in Adolescence
260 _c2010.
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520 _aThe phenomenon of the imaginary companion is well described among children and elderly people, but is rarely evoked in adolescents. Its manifestation at the age of adolescence is often misinterpreted as delirium and a sign of beginning schizophrenia. In this article we present the case of Julie, a seventeen-year-old teenager, in order to illustrate the hypothesis that the imaginary companion can appear within other psychopathologies than those of psychosis and schizophrenia. The young woman uses an imaginary companion she calls « Monseigneur » (« Mylord ») to compensate for an underlying depression. We describe in detail this clinical situation, the different stages of the therapeutic treatment and the psychological evolution of Julie.
690 _aimaginary companion
690 _adelirium
690 _atransitional object
690 _aemotional deprivation
690 _amelancholia
786 0 _nAdolescence | 28 | 4 | 2010-12-22 | p. 829-840 | 0751-7696
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-adolescence-2010-4-page-829?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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